gitweb.js

Support language detection and syntax highlighting in legacy versions of gitweb(1).

Table of Contents

• Description
• Languages
• File Type Associations

Description

Legacy versions of Gitweb lack support for language detection and syntax highlighting, an important feature found in modern VCS repository web UIs. For many, upgrading major versions is risky, time consuming, and prone to downtime.

gitweb.js is a microlibrary that provides customizable support for language detection and syntax highlighting by using highlight.js and jQuery.

Languages

By default, language support is provided for:

• C
• C++
• CSS
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Perl
• PHP
• Ruby

File Type Associations

All languages have at least one file type that can be directly associated with source files of the given language. Likewise, many languages have multiple file types that should be recognized as the same language. An example would be in PHP, where .php, .php5, and .phtml are all valid PHP file types.

gitweb.js provides support for detecting and highlighting file types associated with a primary file type.