New repository list layout

[klaussilveira]

The current repository list layout needs a facelift in order to support:

• Nested repositories (see Support nested view #311)
• Large amount of repositories (e.g.: Make repositories list more compact #317)
• cloneurl (see Display cloneurl #205)

[spacez320]

Can we clarify what is meant by 'cloneurl'? Since there isn't any authentication mechanism set-up for this (none that I realize, anyway), are you referencing http clones? I'm thinking about working on such a feature and setting up a new issue if it isn't a part of this.

[klaussilveira]

You can create a cloneurl file inside your .git directory, allowing the repository viewer (Gitweb, GitList, etc.) to show the clone URL to the user. Whatever you put there, is displayed.

[hsteininger]

Hi, im not sure, what do you mean with:

create a cloneurl file inside your .git directory

inside my working tree? or inside the Bare Repository.
Anyway, i tried both and none worked.
maybe i did something wrong?

[Grinnz]

I would suggest an option where a repository (bare or .git folder) can be specified directly, instead of doing a full scan of a directory for repositories. Also allow the ability to give the repository a custom name in the configuration. For example we have several repositories named "projectx" (in different parts of the filesystem) and wish to include them directly, with different names. Here is an example configuration for the viewgit repository:

$conf['projects'] = array(
    'projectx' => array('repo' => '/usr/projects/projectx', 'description' => 'Project X'),
    'projectx-someone' => array('repo' => '/home/someone/projects/projectx/.git', 'description' => 'Someone\'s Project X instance')
);

You can see there is currently no way to include these repositories together in gitlist, even with a top level directory as they would both be listed as projects/projectx.

[camlafit]

Hi

cloneurl file is not displaye anywhere on project page. I follow http://git-scm.com/docs/gitweb documentation to respect cloneurl format, nothing
I use official stable tarball archive.

Any idea ?

Thanks

[andymnc]

Hi,
was this ever solved? We really need the feature about showing clone link.