From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: john at keeping.me.uk (John Keeping) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:04:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] contrib/hooks: add sample post-receive hook using agefile In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20150812150446.GK30507@serenity.lan> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 03:41:57PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > You might want to add this to > http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/faq Something like this (which probably needs a bit of editing to make the tone consistent with what's already there)? -- >8 -- Subject: [PATCH] faq: add an entry about the agefile Signed-off-by: John Keeping --- faq | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/faq b/faq index 9c3ff01..e940510 100644 --- a/faq +++ b/faq @@ -26,3 +26,16 @@ the .git directory. A less likely cause is that the repo is, infact, not a valid repo. Try to run 'git show' in the offending repo to see if git also thinks your repo has issues. + + +### Why is the idle time for my repository wrong? + +By default CGit uses the modification time of the default branch's ref +file as a quick method of determining when the repository was last +changed. If you primarily work on other branches then this work will +not be reflected in the idle time. + +You can use a post-receive hook to run a script that tells CGit the +correct modification time by writing to ``info/web/last-modified``. An +example is provided in the CGit repository at +``contrib/hooks/post-receive.agefile``. -- 2.5.0.466.g9af26fa