Gitweb: How I see source code in tree view with color

Question

I use gitweb.

In the tree view I see my source code. But this code is all in black, I like configurated to added highlight

Answer 1

To enable syntax highlighting in 'blob' view in modern gitweb, you need

1. Have highlight program installed (the one from 'highlight' package, not from 'source-highlight' or 'src-highlight'; they are different programs).

2. Configure gitweb to enable source highlighting. This can be done by adding the following line

   $feature{'highlight'}{'default'} = [1];
   

   to gitweb configuration file for your installation, usually /etc/gitweb.conf.

   See "Configuring gitweb features" section in gitweb.conf manpage (and said manpage in general), the part about 'highlight' feature, or relevant lines in gitweb sources.

   _{Note: if you use gitweb with persistent web server environment, like mod_perl, FastCGI or PSGI, you might need to restart gitweb script if it is configured to read configuration only once.}

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Original response (historical)

It is currently not supported, but take a look at gitweb/web branch of my git/jnareb-git.git repository - those two commits adding syntax highlighting to gitweb were sent to git mailing list (as RFC = Request For Comments patches). Those patches use highlight tool from http://www.andre-simon.de/

You can try to cherry pick those two commits: 5f7b6461 and 4edcf10d.

Answer 2

If you don't want to change the package files, an alternative to Todochangeusername procedure is to install highlight and then add to the bottom of the file /etc/gitweb.conf:

$feature{'highlight'}{'default'} = [1];

(without the \ escape character).

Answer 3

1. install at least git version 1.7.5 Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa
2. install gitweb and programm called highlight Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install gitweb highlight
3. Add to the file: sudo vim /usr/lib/git-core/git-instaweb
   line 586: \$feature{'highlight'}{'default'} = [1];