X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Gitweb/blobdiff_plain/a02c806f06d5da1ec22dc5fab02fa8f8ee052d6d17ec4f9ac4c6fcd33380e5e6..2ea1d67c50c405bb76e471563bf87ed8643aa905469e8c8c9630b81d5eea0d24:/README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 00cef6e..d995a05 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build):
    Rename detection options for git-diff and git-diff-tree. By default
    ('-M'); set it to ('-C') or ('-C', '-C') to also detect copies, or
    set it to () if you don't want to have renames detection.
+ * $prevent_xss
+   If true, some gitweb features are disabled to prevent content in
+   repositories from launching cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.  Set this
+   to true if you don't trust the content of your repositories. The default
+   is false.
 
 
 Projects list file format
@@ -257,7 +262,9 @@ You can use the following files in repository:
    A .html file (HTML fragment) which is included on the gitweb project
    summary page inside <div> block element. You can use it for longer
    description of a project, to provide links (for example to project's
-   homepage), etc.
+   homepage), etc. This is recognized only if XSS prevention is off
+   ($prevent_xss is false); a way to include a readme safely when XSS
+   prevention is on may be worked out in the future.
  * description (or gitweb.description)
    Short (shortened by default to 25 characters in the projects list page)
    single line description of a project (of a repository). Plain text file;