Some documentation on gitweb integration

[repo_shell.git] / README

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@@ -181,6 +181,23 @@ examples:
     git clone server:my_repository.git
     git clone server:mirrors/tinyos/tinyos-main.git
 
+= Repository access for gitweb
+
+The following steps can allow gitweb to filter the available repositories
+according to the authenticated user and the contents of the .gitacl file.
+
+- The web server must require authorization and a valid user for URI's starting
+  with /gitweb.  Recommend using a PAM module, since repo_shell also works of
+  the system user credentials.
+- The web server needs to pass the REMOTE_USER environment variable to
+  gitweb.cgi.
+- The contents of the file gitweb.conf.addon must be added to the server's
+  gitweb.conf file, usually found in /etc.
+
+The contents of gitweb.conf.addon essentially define an $export_auth_hook that
+uses repo_shell's test mode to validate read access for the web server
+authenticated user for each repository gitweb can see.
+
 = Repository access for other applications
 
 Local system applications, such as web based viewers, may gain read-only access