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git instaweb

Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.

Install lighttpd

The default webserver used by git instaweb is lighttpd:

$ git instaweb
lighttpd not found. Install lighttpd or use --httpd to specify another httpd daemon.

lighttpd can be installed with

$ sudo apt-get apt-get lighttpd

Try again:

$ git instaweb
No known browser available.
http://127.0.0.1:1234

2022-06-02: Installing one or both of the packages libcgi-pm-perl and gamin was needed:

$ sudo apt-get install libcgi-pm-perl
$ sudo apt-get install gamin

$ git instaweb --start

$ ps -ef | grep lighttpd | grep -v 'grep lighttpd'
rene      3826  3240  0 13:20 ?        00:00:00 lighttpd -f /home/rene/…/.git/gitweb/lighttpd.conf

The webserver's process id is found in .git/pid:

$ cat .git/pid

$ git instaweb --stop

$ git instaweb --httpd=webrick