How to create a mercurial apache2 repository07.12.13

within debian: 1. apt-get install mercurial apache2 python-pygments 2. mkdir -p /var/hg/repos 3. emacs /var/hg/hgweb.config edit: [collections] /var/hg/repos/ = /var/hg/repos/ [web] style = monoblue allow_archive = gz bz2 pygments_style = tango [extensions] highlight = 4. cp /usr/share/doc/mercurial-common/examples/hgweb.cgi /var/hg 5. chmod +x /var/hg/hgweb.cgi 6. emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/hg edit: ScriptAliasMatch ^/hg(.*) /var/hg/hgweb.cgi$1 <Directory /var/hg> Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None AuthType Basic AuthName "Mercurial Repository" AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/hg.passwd Require valid-user </Directory> 7. a2ensite hg 8. htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/hg.passwd <projectuser> 9. hg init /var/hg/repos/MYPROJECT 10. emacs /var/hg/repos/MYPROJECT/.hg/hgrc edit: [web] push_ssl = false allow_push = * contact = Project Username description = Project Text allow_archive = gz, zip, bz2 11. emacs /var/hg/hgweb.cgi edit: config = "/var/hg/hgweb.config" chown -R www-data:www-data /var/hg 12. /etc/init.d/apache2 restart 07.12.13

http://docs.homelinux.org/doku.php?id=create_mercurial_repository_debian_squeeze

after having it setup just i just do 3 steps to create a new project: 1. hg init /var/hg/repos/MYPROJECT 2. emacs /var/hg/repos/MYPROJECT/.hg/hgrc edit: [web] push_ssl = false allow_push = * contact = Project Username description = Project Text allow_archive = gz, zip, bz2 3. chown -R www-data:www-data /var/hg 07.12.13 last one check cgi mod is enable $ a2enmod cgi 07.12.13 for linux: chown www-data:www-data/ /var/hg -R 07.12.13 chown www-data:www-data /var/hg/ -Rf 07.12.13

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