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[PATCH] services: Modify cgit-configuration fields |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Aug 2023 18:37:10 +0200 |
* gnu/services/cgit.scm (cgit-configuration)[root-readme]: Accept
'file-object' instead of only 'string'
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gnu/services/cgit.scm | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/services/cgit.scm b/gnu/services/cgit.scm
index e33cb9e7db..684ab73f76 100644
--- a/gnu/services/cgit.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/cgit.scm
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ (define-configuration cgit-configuration
(string "a fast webinterface for the git dscm")
"Text printed below the heading on the repository index page.")
(root-readme
- (string "")
+ (file-object "")
"The content of the file specified with this option will be included
verbatim below the \"about\" link on the repository index page.")
(root-title
--
2.41.0
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Re: bug#65152: [PATCH] services: Modify cgit-configuration fields |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Sep 2023 12:32:13 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Thomas Albers Raviola <thomas@thomaslabs.org> skribis:
> in this context `file-object' is defined to be either a `file-like'
> object or a `string'. As such this wouldn't break backward compatibility
> but include a superset of possible values.
>
> Also the original string is not used as the contents of the readme file
> but as a file path.
Oh right, my bad, I had misunderstood that. So it’s all good, applied!
Eventually we should probably replace ‘file-object’ by ‘file-like’,
unless there’s a clear use case for passing out-of-band file names (a
use case would be passwords, but probably not ‘README’ files).
Thanks!
Ludo’.
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