Configuring Gitlist in CENTOS7

• Download gitlist stable version
• Install it under /var/www/html and make sure that in the httpd.conf that directory has the following options:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted

If the repositories are in other directory, for example /var/www or /home/repos then you have to create a link from /var/www/html to the repo dir

• Copy config.ini-example to config.ini and change the repositories and hidden properties to your likes:

[git]
client = '/usr/bin/git' ; Your git executable path
default_branch = 'master' ; Default branch when HEAD is detached
repositories[] = '/var/www/html/' ;Path to your repositories
hidden[] = '/var/www/html/opcache-gui';You can hide repositories from GitList

• Edit .htaccess and change the RewriteBase url to /gitlist/ if you are going to use an alias directory instead of a VirtualHost (for example http://localhost/gitlist). If not leave commented:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /gitlist/
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,NC]
</ifmodule>
<Files config.ini>
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
</files>

• Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/gitlist.conf

Alias /gitlist /var/www/html/gitlist
<Directory /var/www/html/gitlist/>
        Options FollowSymLinks
	AllowOverride All 
</directory>

• Restart httpd