X-Git-Url: http://git.pjr.cc/?p=gwvp-mini.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=dca085986b98ca03571189e1ed3ace99558ff115;hp=25c8dc88a8896777f24e905e77d29494f015b645;hb=HEAD;hpb=a7216a2fbdb9cc14369cd99955b8579097e291d7 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 25c8dc8..dca0859 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,13 +3,22 @@ GWVP ALPHA -GWVP stands for "git over web via php". It was written for one purpose of -being a quick and simple way of getting a git repo online using only usernames -and passwords rather then having to deal with ssh keys. +GWVP stands for "git over web via php". It was written entirely for myself and +its intention was to have a simple way of managing some git repos that can be +pulled and pushed to without the overhead of dealing with ssh keys. It also +allows the owner to give permissions to a repo such that you can control who +reads and writes to it. All access to a repo is via http/https using usernames +and passwords. + +Currently the code-base is a bit messy but that will improve over time. Installation ============ +Note: the installation assumes the locations for things like "git" and +git-http-backened, if yours arent in the normal ubuntu locale for that then +you will need to edit a number of files to point it at the proper location + Ubuntu You'll need to add following packages: