From ed99536abe326110de50d4c150b7b386c6e59707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:20:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation. Updated Google+ links.

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 docs/00_index.mkd |   70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
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@@ -1,33 +1,50 @@
-## Overview
+## Why use Gitblit?
 <a href="screenshots.html" title="Screenshots"><img class="overview" src="thumbs/00.png" alt="Screenshots" /></a>
 
-Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving [Git][git] repositories.<br/>
-Its designed primarily as a tool for small workgroups who want to host centralized repositories.
+Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving [Git][git] repositories.  
+It's designed primarily as a tool for small workgroups who want to host centralized repositories.
 
-Gitblit is available in two variations:
+### GO: Single-Stack Solution
 
-1. *Gitblit GO* - a complete & integrated pure Java stack
+*Gitblit GO* is an integrated, single-stack solution based on Jetty.
+  
+You do not need Apache httpd, Perl, Git, or Gitweb.  Should you want to use some or all of those, you still can; Gitblit plays nice with the other kids on the block.
+
+This is what you should download if you want to go from zero to Git in less than 5 mins.
+   
+All dependencies are downloaded on first execution.
+
+### WAR: For Your Servlet Container
+*Gitblit WAR* is what you should download if you already have a servlet container available that you wish to use.  
+Jetty 6/7/8 and Tomcat 6/7 are known to work.  Generally, any Servlet 2.5 or Servlet 3.0 container should work.
     
-    This is what you should download if you want to go from zero to Git in less than 5 mins.  
-    Gitblit GO is like a mashup of Apache httpd, [Git][git], and Gitweb with simplified configuration and maintenance.  
-    All dependencies are downloaded on first execution.
-2. *Gitblit WAR* - a traditional WAR distribution
-    
-    This is what you should download if you want to deploy Gitblit into your own servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty, etc).  
-    All dependencies are bundled.
+All dependencies are bundled.
 
-### Tools
+### You decide how to use Gitblit
 
-- *Gitblit Manager* - a Java/Swing application for remote administration of a Gitblit server
-- *Gitblit Federation Client* - a command line tool to clone/pull groups of repositories and optionally users and settings
+Gitblit can be used as a dumb repository viewer with no administrative controls or user accounts.  
+Gitblit can be used as a complete Git stack for cloning, pushing, and repository access control.  
+Gitblit can be used without any other Git tooling (including actual Git) or it can cooperate with your established tools.
 
-### Java Runtime Requirement
+### Easy Web Management
 
-Gitblit requires a Java 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 6 Development Kit (JDK).
+Administrators can create and manage all repositories & user accounts from the *Web UI*.  
+Administrators can create and manage all repositories & user accounts from the *JSON RPC interface* using the [Gitblit Manager](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%MANAGER%) or your own custom tooling. 
+
+### Integration and Mining
+
+- Pluggable user service mechanism for custom authentication, authorization, and user management
+- Rich RSS feeds
+- JSON-based RPC mechanism
+- [Java Client API library](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%API%) for custom integration
+
+### Backup Strategy
+
+Gitblit includes a backup mechanism (*federation*) which can be used to backup repositories and, optionally, user accounts & server settings from your Gitblit instance to another Gitblit instance or to a [Gitblit Federation Client](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%FEDCLIENT%).  Similarly, you can use the federation mechanism to aggregate individual workspace Gitblit instances to a common, centralized server.
 
 ### Current Release
 
-**%VERSION%** ([go](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%GO%)|[war](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%WAR%)|[fedclient](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%FEDCLIENT%)|[manager](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%MANAGER%)) based on [%JGIT%][jgit] &nbsp; *released %BUILDDATE%*
+**%VERSION%** ([go](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%GO%) | [war](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%WAR%) | [fedclient](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%FEDCLIENT%) | [manager](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%MANAGER%) | [api](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%API%)) based on [%JGIT%][jgit] &nbsp; *released %BUILDDATE%*
 
 - **security**: fixed security hole when cloning clone-restricted repository with TortoiseGit (issue 28)
 - improved: updated ui with Twitter's Bootstrap CSS toolkit  
@@ -38,27 +55,36 @@
     **New:** *web.enableRpcServlet = true*  
     **New:** *web.enableRpcManagement = false*  
     **New:** *web.enableRpcAdministration = false*
-- added: reusable JSON RPC client class
+- added: Gitblit API RSS/JSON RPC library
 - added: Gitblit Manager (Java/Swing Application) for remote administration of a Gitblit server.
 - added: per-repository setting to skip size calculation (faster repositories page loading)
 - added: per-repository setting to skip summary metrics calculation (faster summary page loading)
 - added: IUserService.setup(IStoredSettings) for custom user service implementations
-- added: setting to control Gitblit GO context path for proxy setups  
+- added: setting to control Gitblit GO context path for proxy setups *(Github/trygvis)*  
     **New:** *server.contextPath = /*
-- added: *combined-md5* password storage option which stores the hash of username+password as the password
+- added: *combined-md5* password storage option which stores the hash of username+password as the password *(Github/alyandon)*
+- added: repository owners are automatically granted access for git, feeds, and zip downloads without explicitly selecting them *(Github/dadalar)*
+- added: RSS feeds now include regex substitutions on commit messages for bug trackers, etc
 - fixed: federation protocol timestamps.  dates are now serialized to the [iso8601](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) standard.  
     **This breaks 0.6.0 federation clients/servers.**
 - fixed: collision on rename for repositories and users
 - fixed: Gitblit can now browse the Linux kernel repository (issue 25)
 - fixed: Gitblit now runs on Servlet 3.0 webservers (e.g. Tomcat 7, Jetty 8) (issue 23)
 - fixed: Set the RSS content type of syndication feeds for Firefox 4 (issue 22)
+- fixed: RSS feeds are now properly encoded to UTF-8
+- fixed: RSS feeds now properly generate parameterized links if *web.mountParameters=false*
 - fixed: Null pointer exception if did not set federation strategy (issue 20)
 - fixed: Gitblit GO allows SSL renegotiation if running on Java 1.6.0_22 or later
-- updated: MarkdownPapers 1.2.4
+- updated: MarkdownPapers 1.2.5
+- updated: Wicket 1.4.19
 
 issues, binaries, and sources @ [Google Code][googlecode]<br/>
 sources @ [Github][gitbltsrc]
 
+### Java Runtime Requirement
+
+Gitblit requires a Java 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 6 Development Kit (JDK).
+
 ### License
 Gitblit is distributed under the terms of the [Apache Software Foundation license, version 2.0][apachelicense]
 

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