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@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@ Frequently Asked Questions ========================== -(Coming soon) +* I'm using the "scan-path" option, but cgit doesn't find my repo + + * This is most likely due to permission problems: cgit usually runs under + your webserver user account and will need read access to your repo (and + all of the parent directories) + +* My repo shows up in the list of repositories, but when clicking the + repo name, cgit complains that it's "Not a git repository" + + * The most common cause of this is permission problems - see the previous + faq entry for more details. + + * The second most common cause is that you've set repo.path to point + at the working-directory of your git repo - it should point at the + $GITDIR, i.e. the .git directory. + + * A less likely cause is that the repo is, infact, not a valid repo. Try + to run a 'git show' in the offending repo to see if git also reports + about problems. |