stagit

Static git page generator
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      1.Dd August 2, 2021
      2.Dt STAGIT 1
      3.Os
      4.Sh NAME
      5.Nm stagit
      6.Nd static git page generator
      7.Sh SYNOPSIS
      8.Nm
      9.Op Fl c Ar cachefile
     10.Op Fl l Ar commits
     11.Op Fl u Ar baseurl
     12.Ar repodir
     13.Sh DESCRIPTION
     14.Nm
     15writes HTML pages for the repository
     16.Ar repodir
     17to the current directory.
     18.Pp
     19The options are as follows:
     20.Bl -tag -width Ds
     21.It Fl c Ar cachefile
     22Cache the entries of the log page up to the point of
     23the last commit.
     24The
     25.Ar cachefile
     26will store the last commit id and the entries in the HTML table.
     27It is up to the user to make sure the state of the
     28.Ar cachefile
     29is in sync with the history of the repository.
     30.It Fl l Ar commits
     31Write a maximum number of
     32.Ar commits
     33to the log.html file only.
     34However the commit files are written as usual.
     35.It Fl u Ar baseurl
     36Base URL to make links in the Atom feeds absolute.
     37For example: "https://git.codemadness.org/stagit/".
     38.El
     39.Pp
     40The options
     41.Fl c
     42and
     43.Fl l
     44cannot be used at the same time.
     45.Pp
     46The following files will be written:
     47.Bl -tag -width Ds
     48.It atom.xml
     49Atom XML feed of the last 100 commits.
     50.It tags.xml
     51Atom XML feed of the tags.
     52.It files.html
     53List of files in the latest tree, linking to the file.
     54.It log.html
     55List of commits in reverse chronological applied commit order, each commit
     56links to a page with a diffstat and diff of the commit.
     57.It refs.html
     58Lists references of the repository such as branches and tags.
     59.El
     60.Pp
     61For each entry in HEAD a file will be written in the format:
     62file/filepath.html.
     63This file will contain the textual data of the file prefixed by line numbers.
     64The file will have the string "Binary file" if the data is considered to be
     65non-textual.
     66.Pp
     67For each commit a file will be written in the format:
     68commit/commitid.html.
     69This file will contain the diffstat and diff of the commit.
     70It will write the string "Binary files differ" if the data is considered to
     71be non-textual.
     72Too large diffs will be suppressed and a string
     73"Diff is too large, output suppressed" will be written.
     74.Pp
     75When a commit HTML file exists it won't be overwritten again, note that if
     76you've changed
     77.Nm
     78or changed one of the metadata files of the repository it is recommended to
     79recreate all the output files because it will contain old data.
     80To do this remove the output directory and
     81.Ar cachefile ,
     82then recreate the files.
     83.Pp
     84The basename of the directory is used as the repository name.
     85The suffix ".git" is removed from the basename, this suffix is commonly used
     86for "bare" repos.
     87.Pp
     88The content of the follow files specifies the metadata for each repository:
     89.Bl -tag -width Ds
     90.It .git/description or description (bare repo).
     91description
     92.It .git/owner or owner (bare repo).
     93owner of repository
     94.It .git/url or url (bare repo).
     95primary clone URL of the repository, for example:
     96git://git.codemadness.org/stagit
     97.El
     98.Pp
     99When a README or LICENSE file exists in HEAD or a .gitmodules submodules file
    100exists in HEAD a direct link in the menu is made.
    101.Pp
    102For changing the style of the page you can use the following files:
    103.Bl -tag -width Ds
    104.It favicon.png
    105favicon image.
    106.It logo.png
    10732x32 logo.
    108.It style.css
    109CSS stylesheet.
    110.El
    111.Sh EXIT STATUS
    112.Ex -std
    113.Sh EXAMPLES
    114.Bd -literal
    115mkdir -p htmlroot/htmlrepo1 && cd htmlroot/htmlrepo1
    116stagit path/to/gitrepo1
    117# repeat for other repositories.
    118.Ed
    119.Pp
    120To update the HTML files when the repository is changed a git post-receive hook
    121can be used, see the file example_post-receive.sh for an example.
    122.Sh SEE ALSO
    123.Xr stagit-index 1
    124.Sh AUTHORS
    125.An Hiltjo Posthuma Aq Mt hiltjo@codemadness.org