An alternative to GitHub Pages

Following what I have written in a previous post I present you a DIY alternative to GitHub and GitLab pages.

I created a docs. virual host in Apache. Each repository documentation is contained in a distinct directory under that domain (and directory). For example md-toc is under docs.franco.net.eu.org/md-toc/

The first time you set up the pages do the following:

1. create the bare repository like in the previous post
2. change the default branch in the HEAD file from ref: refs/heads/master to ref: refs/heads/docs
3. mkdir the destination directory

4. create a new executable file in hooks/post-receive, like this:

   #!/usr/bin/bash -l
   #
   # The MIT License (MIT)
   #
   # Copyright (c) 2008-present Tom Preston-Werner and Jekyll contributors
   #               2021 Franco Masotti
   #
   # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
   #
   # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
   # copies or substantial portions of the Software.
   #
   # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
   # SOFTWARE.
   
   TMP_GIT_CLONE=""${HOME}"/tmp/myrepo"
   PUBLIC_WWW='/var/www/docs.franco.net.eu.org/myrepo'
   
   git clone "${GIT_DIR}" "${TMP_GIT_CLONE}"
   rm -rf "${PUBLIC_WWW}"/*
   cp -aR "${TMP_GIT_CLONE}"/* "${PUBLIC_WWW}"
   rm -rf "${TMP_GIT_CLONE}"
   exit
   

As you can see these instructions are not very different from this blog post from GitLab.

Finally follow the usual standards, starting from this version.