[PATCH 2/2] http-backend: give a hint that web browser access is not supported
From: Jan Engelhardt <hidden>
Date: 2021-12-02 00:12:53
Add a paragraph that browsing to http-backend is not something that should normally be done a webserver is configured to unconditionally pass requests to git-http-backend, without any diversion to a gitweb frontend, it is helpful to at least be told this. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <redacted> --- http-backend.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git http-backend.c http-backend.c
index 8f1b69d127..06e17d45a4 100644
--- http-backend.c
+++ http-backend.c@@ -775,8 +775,15 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv) regfree(&re); } - if (!cmd) - not_found(&hdr, "Request not supported: '%s'", dir); + if (!cmd) { + const char *hint = ""; + if (strcmp(method, "GET") == 0) + hint = "You cannot use regular web browsing to access " + "this URL. Only git operations like " + "clone/ls-remote/etc. will work.\n"; + not_found(&hdr, "%s request not supported on '%s'.\n%s", + method, dir, hint); + } setup_path(); if (!enter_repo(dir, 0))
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