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# repo2html # repo2html
A command-line tool that generates a static HTML representation of a Git repository. A command-line tool that generates a static HTML representation of a Git
repository.
## Page contents ## Page contents
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repo2html <destination> <template-directory> repo2html <destination> <template-directory>
Run `repo2html` inside the root directory of a Git repository or a bare Git repository. Run `repo2html` inside the root directory of a Git repository or a bare Git
repository.
- `<destination>` is the path to the directory that you want the HTML files to be generated in. - `<destination>` is the path to the directory that you want the HTML files to
be generated in.
- `<template-directory>` is the path to the directory that contains a - `<template-directory>` is the path to the directory that contains a
`default.html` file. Refer to `assets/templates/default.html` for an example `default.html` file. Refer to `assets/templates/default.html` for an example
`default.html` file. `default.html` file.
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1. Ensure you're in the `repo2html` git repository. 1. Ensure you're in the `repo2html` git repository.
2. As root, run `make dependencies` to install the required Chicken Scheme eggs. 2. As root, run `make dependencies` to install the required Chicken Scheme eggs.
3. Run `make` to compile a static `repo2html` binary in the current directory. 3. Run `make` to compile a static `repo2html` binary in the current directory.
4. As root, run `make install` to copy the `repo2html` binary into the `/usr/local/bin` directory. 4. As root, run `make install` to copy the `repo2html` binary into the
`/usr/local/bin` directory.
**Note**: If you want to use `main.scm` as the `repo2html` executable, instead **Note**: If you want to use `main.scm` as the `repo2html` executable, instead
of compiling a static binary file, then run of compiling a static binary file, then run
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### Templates ### Templates
You can customize `repo2html` by editing the `assets/templates/default.html`, and then specifying the path to the `default.html` file as the second command-line argument when running `repo2html`. You can customize `repo2html` by editing the `assets/templates/default.html`,
and then specifying the path to the `default.html` file as the second
command-line argument when running `repo2html`.
For example, if you placed a `default.html` file in `~/bin`, and you serve HTML files from `/var/www/git`, then you run `repo2html /var/www/git ~/bin`. For example, if you placed a `default.html` file in `~/bin`, and you serve HTML
files from `/var/www/git`, then you run `repo2html /var/www/git ~/bin`.
### Environment variables ### Environment variables
You can provide a generic description by setting the `REPO2HTML_DESCRIPTION` environment variable, or by adding a description in a `description` file in the root directory of your Git repository. You can provide a generic description by setting the `REPO2HTML_DESCRIPTION`
environment variable, or by adding a description in a `description` file in the
root directory of your Git repository.
## Setting up a Git forge on your web server ## Setting up a Git forge on your web server
Refer to [Create a Git forge with repo2html](documentation/create-a-git-forge-with-repo2html.md.html) to learn how use Refer to
`repo2html` as a post-receive hook to auto-generate HTML webpages for bare Git repositories on a remote web server. [Create a Git forge with repo2html](html/documentation/create-a-git-forge-with-repo2html.md.html)
to learn how use `repo2html` as a post-receive hook to auto-generate HTML
webpages for bare Git repositories on a remote web server.
## Alternative Git-to-HTML tools ## Alternative Git-to-HTML tools
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## Todos ## Todos
- **documentation/feature**: use post-update rather than post-receive hook for simplicity - **documentation/feature**: use post-update rather than post-receive hook for
simplicity
- **documentation**: also describe use with post-commit hook - **documentation**: also describe use with post-commit hook
- **documentation**: describe readme, license, and issues behaviours - **documentation**: describe readme, license, and issues behaviours
- **feature**: multi-page or collapse-able files list - **feature**: multi-page or collapse-able files list
- **feature**: branches and releases (tags) - **feature**: branches and releases (tags)
- **feature**: clickable line numbers in source files - **feature**: clickable line numbers in source files
- **feature**: display binary files as output from binary-file analysis tools like `hexdump`, `xxd`, `dumpelf`, `elfls`, `readelf`, etc.? - **feature**: display binary files as output from binary-file analysis tools
like `hexdump`, `xxd`, `dumpelf`, `elfls`, `readelf`, etc.?
- **feature**: syntax highlighting? - **feature**: syntax highlighting?
- **feature**: markdown-render git log text - **feature**: markdown-render git log text
- **feature**: other mechanisms for header id application like uniqueness checking, sequential numbering - **feature**: other mechanisms for header id application like uniqueness
checking, sequential numbering