Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] gitweb: Add option to force version match

From: Petr Baudis <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:59:24 +0100

Hi!

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 05:22:59PM -0800, John 'Warthog9' Hawley wrote:
> +# Throw an error if git versions does not match, if $git_versions_must_match is true.
> +if ($git_versions_must_match &&
> +    $git_version ne $version) {
> +	my $admin_contact =
> +		defined $ENV{'SERVER_ADMIN'} ? ", $ENV{'SERVER_ADMIN'}," : '';
> +	my $err_msg = <<EOT;
> +<h1 align="center">*** Warning ***</h1>
> +<p>
> +This version of gitweb was compiled for <b>@{[esc_html($version)]}</b>,
> +however git version <b>@{[esc_html($git_version)]}</b> was found on server,
> +and administrator requested strict version checking.
> +</p>
> +<p>
> +Please contact the server administrator${admin_contact} to either configure
> +gitweb to allow mismatched versions, or update git or gitweb installation.
> +</p>
> +EOT
> +	die_error(500, 'Internal server error', $err_msg);
> +}
> +

  I get very unhappy when *I* am the server administrator and read
messages like this. ;-) Could you please mention the
\$git_versions_must_match in the text?

				Petr "Pasky" Baudis