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I'm trying to use GitWeb to explore my repositories, I'm completely new to it, so I'm having a little problems, I know that GitWeb is shipped with Git, I downloaded it from here http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list?q=full+installer+official+git, it is located on \share\gitweb, then I opened the console (Git Bash), browsed to the repository and ran the command git instaweb, but it says git: 'instaweb' is not a git command.

Anyone know what is the right way to install and configure GitWeb?

I already read a lot of tutorials, but they are so confusing :/

Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

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Maybe this extension could help you :

https://github.com/alberthier/git-webui

It should work on Windows if you have Python installed

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git instaweb is not currently supported on windows by 'msysgit'.

See this issue which is still not resolved.

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An alternative to Gogs (mentioned in this answer) is gitea.io.

Gogs is developed by one maintainer (@Unknwon).
Gitea is developed more collaboratively.

Gitea releases are more regular than Gogs releases, and its feature set is more complete.

gitea

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  • +1 for Gitea. It is like a (small) github on your server. Allows to manage organizations, teams, pull requests, security. – Daniele Teti Jun 02 '21 at 21:25
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I tried different versions of "local github" and found the most beautiful solution in Windows for me: Gogs https://gogs.io/ (demo)

Easy install - you need only Git Version >= 1.7.1 for both server and client sides. And it allows do pull requests!

Just to give an idea how it looks like in the browser:

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    Just confirming that I've been through same tears and pain and as of now (2018-04-18) **Gogs** is the best (if not only) viable and reliable solution for locally hosted git repo on Windows. – Sevenate Apr 18 '18 at 20:56
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As in here:

I got it working using git in MSYS2:

  1. Install MSYS2

  2. Install git:

    pacman -S git

  3. Install ruby (webrick is part of Ruby standard library):

    pacman -S ruby

  4. You may need to install the CGI.pm perl module using CPAN

  5. And go:

    git instaweb -d webrick

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Gitwin supports Gitweb in FastCGI mode via a built-in Nginx server.

NB! Disclaimer - product edition only.

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4 years later (2018), gitweb is definitively removed from Git for Windows:

See Git for Windows 2.19.0 (Sept. 2018):

The gitweb component was removed because it is highly unlikely to be used on Windows.

See git-for-windows/git issue 1362

Git for Windows is intended to be used by end users. GitWeb, however, wants to be used in conjunction with a web server such as Apache, and even requires a Perl module to be installed in that web server.

It is almost guaranteed that nobody uses Git for Windows that way, so let's just exclude those files from the installer.

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