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Let README describe the "bigger picture" instead. Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
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cgit - cgi for git
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This is an attempt to create a fast web interface for the git scm, using a
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frontside cache to decrease server io-pressure.
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When cgit is invoked, it looks for a cached page matching the request. If no
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such cachefile exist (or it has expired), it is (re)generated. Finally, the
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cachefile is returned to the client.
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If the cachefile has expired, but cgit is unable to lock the cachefile, the
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client will get the stale cachefile after all. This is done to favour page
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throughput over page freshness.
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Also, when a cachefile is generated, a few cache-related http-headers are
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created: "Modified" is set to current time(2), while "Expires" is set to
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time(2) + <cachefile TTL> * 60 (unless the TTL is negative, in which case it
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is read as "60 * 60 * 24 * 365"). This is done to avoid repeated requests for
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already visited pages.
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The following cache-related options can be set in /etc/cgitrc:
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cache-root=<path> root directory for cache files
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cache-root-ttl=<min> TTL for the repo listing page
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cache-repo-ttl=<min> TTL for repo summary pages
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cache-dynamic-ttl=<min> TTL for pages with symbolic references
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cache-static-ttl=<min> TTL for pages with sha1 references
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The cachefiles are split into different directories, based on the requested
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repository and page:
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Repo listing: <cachedir>/index.html
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Repo summary: <cachedir>/<repo>/index.html
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Repo subpage: <cachedir>/<repo>/<page>/<querystring>.html
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