Git instaweb using mongoose and msysGit
Monday, 12 October 2009 by alexandrulRequirements
- Git up and running (tested with 1.7.0.1, 1.6.6.2, 1.6.5.8, and 1.6.4.4)
- mongoose, current version is mongoose-2.8.exe
- CGI.pm, current version is CGI.pm-3.48.tar.gz
- perllib
- perllib (alternate location)
Mongoose setup
Rename mongoose-2.8.exe to mongoose4instagit.exe and place it in any folder at your choice, in my case: k:\dev\tools\mongoose\mongoose4instagit.exe
Gitweb setup
In a msysGit shell run the following commands to build gitweb.cgi in case it’s not already present (like after running make clean in /git folder):
cd /git make gitweb/gitweb.cgi
Next, extract CGI.pm archive content, and copy the content of the lib subfolder to /lib/perl5/site_perl, keeping the folder structure:
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