legit

A git web frontend written in Go.

Pronounced however you like; I prefer channeling my beret-wearing Frenchman, and say "Oui, il est le git!"

But yeah it's pretty legit, no cap on god fr fr.

Features

• Fully customizable templates and stylesheets.
• Cloning over http(s).
• Less archaic HTML.
• Not CGI.

Installing

Clone it, go build it.

Config

Uses yaml for configuration. Looks for a 'config.yaml' in the current directory by default; pass the '--config' flag to point it elsewhere.

Example config.yaml:

---
repo:
  scanPath: /var/www/git
  readme:
    - readme
    - README
    - readme.md
    - README.md
  mainBranch:
    - master
    - main
  ignore:
    - foo
    - bar
dirs:
  templates: ./templates
  static: ./static
meta:
  title: git good
  description: i think it's a skill issue
server:
  name: git.icyphox.sh
  host: 127.0.0.1
  port: 5555

These options are fairly self-explanatory, but of note are:

• repo.scanPath: where all your git repos live (or die). legit doesn't traverse subdirs yet.
• repo.readme: readme files to look for. Markdown isn't rendered.
• repo.license: license files to look for.
• repo.mainBranch: main branch names to look for.
• repo.ignore: repos to ignore.
• server.name: used for go-import meta tags and clone URLs.

Notes

• Run legit behind a TLS terminating proxy like relayd(8) or nginx.
• Cloning only works in bare repos -- this is a limitation inherent to git. You can still view bare repos just fine in legit.
• The default head.html template uses my CDN to fetch fonts -- you may or may not want this.
• Pushing over https, while supported, is disabled because auth is a pain. Use ssh.
• Paths are unveil(2)'d on OpenBSD.

Ideas

• "Private" repos only available over Tailscale.
• Support or cgit-like filters (for readmes etc.).

License

legit is licensed under MIT.