| commit | author | age | ||
| f13c4c | 1 | Gitblit |
| JM | 2 | ================= |
| 3 | ||
| 6c4be1 | 4 | Gitblit is an open source, pure Java Git solution for managing, viewing, and serving [Git](http://git-scm.com) repositories. |
| 1f9dae | 5 | More information about Gitblit can be found [here](http://gitblit.com). |
| f13c4c | 6 | |
| 69eeaa | 7 | [  ](https://bintray.com/gitblit/releases/stable/_latestVersion) |
| JM | 8 | |
| f13c4c | 9 | License |
| JM | 10 | ------- |
| 11 | ||
| 6c4be1 | 12 | Gitblit is distributed under the terms of the [Apache Software Foundation license, version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). |
| 233eb0 | 13 | The text of the license is included in the file LICENSE in the root of the project. |
| f13c4c | 14 | |
| 85c2e6 | 15 | Java Runtime Requirement |
| f13c4c | 16 | ------------------------------------ |
| JM | 17 | |
| cff7cc | 18 | Gitblit requires at Java 7 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 7 Development Kit (JDK). |
| f13c4c | 19 | |
| JM | 20 | Getting help |
| 21 | ------------ | |
| 22 | ||
| 6c4be1 | 23 | Read the online documentation available at the [Gitblit website](http://gitblit.com) |
| 233eb0 | 24 | Issues, binaries, & sources @ [Google Code](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit) |
| f13c4c | 25 | |
| JM | 26 | Building Gitblit |
| 27 | ---------------- | |
| 28 | [Eclipse](http://eclipse.org) is recommended for development as the project settings are preconfigured. | |
| 29 | ||
| 6c4be1 | 30 | 1. Import the gitblit project into your Eclipse workspace. |
| f13c4c | 31 | *There will be lots of build errors.* |
| 6c4be1 | 32 | 2. Using Ant, execute the `build.xml` script in the project root. |
| f13c4c | 33 | *This will download all necessary build dependencies and will also generate the Keys class for accessing settings.* |
| JM | 34 | 3. Select your gitblit project root and **Refresh** the project, this should correct all build problems. |
| 6c4be1 | 35 | 4. Using JUnit, execute the `com.gitblit.tests.GitBlitSuite` test suite. |
| 1f9dae | 36 | *This will clone some repositories from the web and run through the unit tests.* |
| ea2c2a | 37 | 5. Execute the *com.gitblit.GitBlitServer* class to start Gitblit GO. |
| JM | 38 | |
| 39 | Building Tips & Tricks | |
| 40 | ---------------------- | |
| 6c4be1 | 41 | 1. If you are running Ant from an ANSI-capable console, consider setting the `MX_COLOR` environment variable before executing Ant.<pre>set MX_COLOR=true</pre> |
| ea2c2a | 42 | 2. The build script will honor your Maven proxy settings. If you need to fine-tune this, please review the [settings.moxie](http://gitblit.github.io/moxie/settings.html) documentation. |
