Thanks, Jakub, for the quick response.
On 07/20/16 02:20 PM, Jakub Narębski wrote:
>> If I replace the hb=SHA argument with hb=HEAD, the URL still works. But
>> I have no idea what I can use to replace the h=SHA argument.
>
> You can remove it. 'hb' (hash_base) and 'f' (filename) identify target
> file in a repository unambiguously.
If I do, leaving everything else present, I get "404 cannot find file".
>> A complication is that the target file is not in the master branch.
>> Somehow I need to be able to specify the branch. I've tried putting it
>> as the h= argument but that results in "Reading blob failed". If I leave
>> out the h= argument entirely, gitweb responds, "404 cannot find file".
>
> Did you forgot to set 'hb' parameter? Is said file present in revision
> given by the 'hb' parameter?
The file is present in both master and develop branches. If I include
hb=HEAD and leave out h=, gitweb doesn't find either of them. Using
hb=HEAD and h=develop or h=master results in "Reading blob failed".
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Dave Close
