# git-instaweb(1) Manual Page

## NAME

git-instaweb - Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb

## SYNOPSIS

    git instaweb [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>]
                   [--browser=<browser>]
    git instaweb [--start] [--stop] [--restart]

## DESCRIPTION

A simple script to set up `gitweb` and a web server for browsing the local repository.

## OPTIONS

-l
--local

  Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1).

-d
--httpd

  The HTTP daemon command-line that will be executed. Command-line options may be specified here, and the configuration file will be added at the end of the command-line. Currently apache2, lighttpd, mongoose, plackup and webrick are supported. (Default: lighttpd)

-m
--module-path

  The module path (only needed if httpd is Apache). (Default: /usr/lib/apache2/modules)

-p
--port

  The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234)

-b
--browser

  The web browser that should be used to view the gitweb page. This will be passed to the git web--browse helper script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See git-web--browse(1) for more information about this. If the script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout.

start
--start

  Start the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration files as necessary for spawning a new instance.

stop
--stop

  Stop the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance, nor does it close the browser.

restart
--restart

  Restart the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration files as necessary for spawning a new instance.

## CONFIGURATION

You may specify configuration in your .git/config

    [instaweb]
    	local = true
    	httpd = apache2 -f
    	port = 4321
    	browser = konqueror
    	modulePath = /usr/lib/apache2/modules

If the configuration variable instaweb.browser is not set, web.browser will be used instead if it is defined. See git-web--browse(1) for more information about this.

## SEE ALSO

gitweb(1)

## GIT

Part of the git(1) suite