Merge branch 'ps/build'

Build procedure update plus introduction of Meson based builds.

* ps/build: (24 commits)
  Introduce support for the Meson build system
  Documentation: add comparison of build systems
  t: allow overriding build dir
  t: better support for out-of-tree builds
  Documentation: extract script to generate a list of mergetools
  Documentation: teach "cmd-list.perl" about out-of-tree builds
  Documentation: allow sourcing generated includes from separate dir
  Makefile: simplify building of templates
  Makefile: write absolute program path into bin-wrappers
  Makefile: allow "bin-wrappers/" directory to exist
  Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent
  Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.js
  Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.cgi
  Makefile: extract script to massage Python scripts
  Makefile: extract script to massage Shell scripts
  Makefile: use "generate-perl.sh" to massage Perl library
  Makefile: extract script to massage Perl scripts
  Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATH
  Makefile: generate doc versions via GIT-VERSION-GEN
  Makefile: generate "git.rc" via GIT-VERSION-GEN
  ...

6 files changed, 225 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in b/gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41ac20654c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+PERL_PATH=@PERL_PATH@
+JSMIN=@JSMIN@
+CSSMIN=@CSSMIN@
+GIT_BINDIR=@GIT_BINDIR@
+GITWEB_CONFIG=@GITWEB_CONFIG@
+GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM=@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@
+GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON=@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@
+GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR=@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@
+GITWEB_SITENAME=@GITWEB_SITENAME@
+GITWEB_PROJECTROOT=@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@
+GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH=@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@
+GITWEB_EXPORT_OK=@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@
+GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT=@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@
+GITWEB_BASE_URL=@GITWEB_BASE_URL@
+GITWEB_LIST=@GITWEB_LIST@
+GITWEB_HOMETEXT=@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@
+GITWEB_CSS=@GITWEB_CSS@
+GITWEB_LOGO=@GITWEB_LOGO@
+GITWEB_FAVICON=@GITWEB_FAVICON@
+GITWEB_JS=@GITWEB_JS@
+GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING=@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@
+GITWEB_SITE_HEADER=@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@
+GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER=@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@
+HIGHLIGHT_BIN=@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@
diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile
index 3b68ab2d67..d5748e9359 100644
--- a/gitweb/Makefile
+++ b/gitweb/Makefile
@@ -77,48 +77,48 @@ GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/javascript-detection.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/adjust-timezone.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/blame_incremental.js
 
-
-GITWEB_REPLACE = \
-	-e 's|++GIT_VERSION++|$(GIT_VERSION)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GIT_BINDIR++|$(bindir)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR++|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITENAME++|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_PROJECTROOT++|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|g' \
-	-e 's|"++GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH++"|$(GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_EXPORT_OK++|$(GITWEB_EXPORT_OK)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT++|$(GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_BASE_URL++|$(GITWEB_BASE_URL)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_LIST++|$(GITWEB_LIST)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_HOMETEXT++|$(GITWEB_HOMETEXT)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CSS++|$(GITWEB_CSS)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_LOGO++|$(GITWEB_LOGO)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_FAVICON++|$(GITWEB_FAVICON)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_JS++|$(GITWEB_JS)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING++|$(GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITE_HEADER++|$(GITWEB_SITE_HEADER)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER++|$(GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER)|g' \
-	-e 's|++HIGHLIGHT_BIN++|$(HIGHLIGHT_BIN)|g'
-
 .PHONY: FORCE
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
-	@rm -f $@+
-	@echo "x" '$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' $(GITWEB_REPLACE) "$(JSMIN)|$(CSSMIN)" >$@+
+	@sed -e 's|@PERL_PATH@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	     -e 's|@JSMIN@|$(JSMIN)|' \
+	     -e 's|@CSSMIN@|$(CSSMIN)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GIT_VERSION@|$(GIT_VERSION)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GIT_BINDIR@|$(bindir)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITENAME@|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@|$(GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@|$(GITWEB_EXPORT_OK)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@|$(GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_BASE_URL@|$(GITWEB_BASE_URL)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_LIST@|$(GITWEB_LIST)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@|$(GITWEB_HOMETEXT)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CSS@|$(GITWEB_CSS)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_LOGO@|$(GITWEB_LOGO)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_FAVICON@|$(GITWEB_FAVICON)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_JS@|$(GITWEB_JS)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HEADER)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER)|' \
+	     -e 's|@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@|$(HIGHLIGHT_BIN)|' \
+	     $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in >"$@+"
 	@cmp -s $@+ $@ && rm -f $@+ || mv -f $@+ $@
 
+$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)generate-gitweb-cgi.sh
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
+$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: GIT-VERSION-FILE
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.perl
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
-	sed -e '1s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-		$(GITWEB_REPLACE) $< >$@+ && \
-	chmod +x $@+ && \
+	$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)generate-gitweb-cgi.sh $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS ./GIT-VERSION-FILE $< $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
+$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)static/gitweb.js: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)generate-gitweb-js.sh
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)static/gitweb.js: $(addprefix $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB),$(GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES))
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
-	cat $^ >$@+ && \
+	$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)generate-gitweb-js.sh $@+ $^ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 ### Installation rules
diff --git a/gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh b/gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ede9038c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if test $# -ne 4
+then
+	echo >&2 "USAGE: $0 <GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS> <GIT-VERSION-FILE> <INPUT> <OUTPUT>"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+GITWEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="$1"
+GIT_VERSION_FILE="$2"
+INPUT="$3"
+OUTPUT="$4"
+
+. "$GITWEB_BUILD_OPTIONS"
+. "$GIT_VERSION_FILE"
+
+sed -e "1s|#!/usr/bin/perl|#!$PERL_PATH|" \
+    -e "s|@PERL_PATH@|$PERL_PATH|" \
+    -e "s|@JSMIN@|$JSMIN|" \
+    -e "s|@CSSMIN@|$CSSMIN|" \
+    -e "s|@GIT_VERSION@|$GIT_VERSION|" \
+    -e "s|@GIT_BINDIR@|$GIT_BINDIR|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CONFIG@|$GITWEB_CONFIG|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@|$GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@|$GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@|$GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITENAME@|$GITWEB_SITENAME|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@|$GITWEB_PROJECTROOT|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@|$GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@|$GITWEB_EXPORT_OK|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@|$GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_BASE_URL@|$GITWEB_BASE_URL|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_LIST@|$GITWEB_LIST|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@|$GITWEB_HOMETEXT|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CSS@|$GITWEB_CSS|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_LOGO@|$GITWEB_LOGO|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_FAVICON@|$GITWEB_FAVICON|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_JS@|$GITWEB_JS|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@|$GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@|$GITWEB_SITE_HEADER|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@|$GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER|" \
+    -e "s|@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@|$HIGHLIGHT_BIN|" \
+    "$INPUT" >"$OUTPUT"
+
+chmod a+x "$OUTPUT"
diff --git a/gitweb/generate-gitweb-js.sh b/gitweb/generate-gitweb-js.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..01bb22b04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/generate-gitweb-js.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if test "$#" -lt 2
+then
+	echo >&2 "USAGE: $0 <OUTPUT> <INPUT>..."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+OUTPUT="$1"
+shift
+
+cat "$@" >"$OUTPUT"
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index b50a1444b2..b5490dfecf 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	CGI->compile() if $ENV{'MOD_PERL'};
 }
 
-our $version = "++GIT_VERSION++";
+our $version = "@GIT_VERSION@";
 
 our ($my_url, $my_uri, $base_url, $path_info, $home_link);
 sub evaluate_uri {
@@ -80,46 +80,46 @@ sub evaluate_uri {
 
 # core git executable to use
 # this can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH
-our $GIT = "++GIT_BINDIR++/git";
+our $GIT = "@GIT_BINDIR@/git";
 
 # absolute fs-path which will be prepended to the project path
 #our $projectroot = "/pub/scm";
-our $projectroot = "++GITWEB_PROJECTROOT++";
+our $projectroot = "@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@";
 
 # fs traversing limit for getting project list
 # the number is relative to the projectroot
-our $project_maxdepth = "++GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH++";
+our $project_maxdepth = @GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@;
 
 # string of the home link on top of all pages
-our $home_link_str = "++GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR++";
+our $home_link_str = "@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@";
 
 # extra breadcrumbs preceding the home link
 our @extra_breadcrumbs = ();
 
 # name of your site or organization to appear in page titles
 # replace this with something more descriptive for clearer bookmarks
-our $site_name = "++GITWEB_SITENAME++"
+our $site_name = "@GITWEB_SITENAME@"
                  || ($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'} || "Untitled") . " Git";
 
 # html snippet to include in the <head> section of each page
-our $site_html_head_string = "++GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING++";
+our $site_html_head_string = "@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@";
 # filename of html text to include at top of each page
-our $site_header = "++GITWEB_SITE_HEADER++";
+our $site_header = "@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@";
 # html text to include at home page
-our $home_text = "++GITWEB_HOMETEXT++";
+our $home_text = "@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@";
 # filename of html text to include at bottom of each page
-our $site_footer = "++GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER++";
+our $site_footer = "@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@";
 
 # URI of stylesheets
-our @stylesheets = ("++GITWEB_CSS++");
+our @stylesheets = ("@GITWEB_CSS@");
 # URI of a single stylesheet, which can be overridden in GITWEB_CONFIG.
 our $stylesheet = undef;
 # URI of GIT logo (72x27 size)
-our $logo = "++GITWEB_LOGO++";
+our $logo = "@GITWEB_LOGO@";
 # URI of GIT favicon, assumed to be image/png type
-our $favicon = "++GITWEB_FAVICON++";
+our $favicon = "@GITWEB_FAVICON@";
 # URI of gitweb.js (JavaScript code for gitweb)
-our $javascript = "++GITWEB_JS++";
+our $javascript = "@GITWEB_JS@";
 
 # URI and label (title) of GIT logo link
 #our $logo_url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/";
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ our $logo_url = "https://git-scm.com/";
 our $logo_label = "git homepage";
 
 # source of projects list
-our $projects_list = "++GITWEB_LIST++";
+our $projects_list = "@GITWEB_LIST@";
 
 # the width (in characters) of the projects list "Description" column
 our $projects_list_description_width = 25;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ our $default_projects_order = "project";
 
 # show repository only if this file exists
 # (only effective if this variable evaluates to true)
-our $export_ok = "++GITWEB_EXPORT_OK++";
+our $export_ok = "@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@";
 
 # don't generate age column on the projects list page
 our $omit_age_column = 0;
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ our $omit_owner=0;
 our $export_auth_hook = undef;
 
 # only allow viewing of repositories also shown on the overview page
-our $strict_export = "++GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT++";
+our $strict_export = "@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@";
 
 # list of git base URLs used for URL to where fetch project from,
 # i.e. full URL is "$git_base_url/$project"
-our @git_base_url_list = grep { $_ ne '' } ("++GITWEB_BASE_URL++");
+our @git_base_url_list = grep { $_ ne '' } ("@GITWEB_BASE_URL@");
 
 # default blob_plain mimetype and default charset for text/plain blob
 our $default_blob_plain_mimetype = 'text/plain';
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ our $prevent_xss = 0;
 # http://andre-simon.de/zip/download.php due to assumptions about parameters and output).
 # Useful if highlight is not installed on your webserver's PATH.
 # [Default: highlight]
-our $highlight_bin = "++HIGHLIGHT_BIN++";
+our $highlight_bin = "@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@";
 
 # information about snapshot formats that gitweb is capable of serving
 our %known_snapshot_formats = (
@@ -741,9 +741,9 @@ sub read_config_file {
 
 our ($GITWEB_CONFIG, $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM, $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON);
 sub evaluate_gitweb_config {
-	our $GITWEB_CONFIG = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG++";
-	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++";
-	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++";
+	our $GITWEB_CONFIG = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG'} || "@GITWEB_CONFIG@";
+	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM'} || "@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@";
+	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON'} || "@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@";
 
 	# Protect against duplications of file names, to not read config twice.
 	# Only one of $GITWEB_CONFIG and $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is used, so
diff --git a/gitweb/meson.build b/gitweb/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89b403dc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+gitweb_config = configuration_data()
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('PERL_PATH', perl.full_path())
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('CSSMIN', '')
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('JSMIN', '')
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GIT_BINDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('bindir'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_CONFIG', get_option('gitweb_config'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM', get_option('gitweb_config_system'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON', get_option('gitweb_config_common'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR', get_option('gitweb_home_link_str'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_SITENAME', get_option('gitweb_sitename'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_PROJECTROOT', get_option('gitweb_projectroot'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH', get_option('gitweb_project_maxdepth'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_EXPORT_OK', get_option('gitweb_export_ok'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT', get_option('gitweb_strict_export'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_BASE_URL', get_option('gitweb_base_url'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_LIST', get_option('gitweb_list'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_HOMETEXT', get_option('gitweb_hometext'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_CSS', get_option('gitweb_css'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_LOGO', get_option('gitweb_logo'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_FAVICON', get_option('gitweb_favicon'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_JS', get_option('gitweb_js'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING', get_option('gitweb_site_html_head_string'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_SITE_HEADER', get_option('gitweb_site_header'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER', get_option('gitweb_site_footer'))
+gitweb_config.set_quoted('HIGHLIGHT_BIN', get_option('highlight_bin'))
+
+configure_file(
+  input: 'GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in',
+  output: 'GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS',
+  configuration: gitweb_config,
+)
+
+test_dependencies += custom_target(
+  input: 'gitweb.perl',
+  output: 'gitweb.cgi',
+  command: [
+    shell,
+    meson.current_source_dir() / 'generate-gitweb-cgi.sh',
+    meson.current_build_dir() / 'GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS',
+    git_version_file.full_path(),
+    '@INPUT@',
+    '@OUTPUT@',
+  ],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'gitweb',
+  depends: [git_version_file],
+)
+
+javascript_files = [
+  meson.current_source_dir() / 'static/js/adjust-timezone.js',
+  meson.current_source_dir() / 'static/js/blame_incremental.js',
+  meson.current_source_dir() / 'static/js/javascript-detection.js',
+  meson.current_source_dir() / 'static/js/lib/common-lib.js',
+  meson.current_source_dir() / 'static/js/lib/cookies.js',
+  meson.current_source_dir() / 'static/js/lib/datetime.js',
+]
+
+test_dependencies += custom_target(
+  input: javascript_files,
+  output: 'gitweb.js',
+  command: [
+    shell,
+    meson.current_source_dir() / 'generate-gitweb-js.sh',
+    '@OUTPUT@',
+  ] + javascript_files,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'gitweb/static',
+)
+
+foreach asset : [
+  'static/git-favicon.png',
+  'static/git-logo.png',
+  'static/gitweb.css',
+]
+  if meson.version().version_compare('>=1.3.0')
+    fs.copyfile(asset,
+      install: true,
+      install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'gitweb' / fs.parent(asset),
+    )
+  else
+    configure_file(
+      input: asset,
+      output: fs.stem(asset),
+      copy: true,
+      install: true,
+      install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'gitweb' / fs.parent(asset),
+    )
+  endif
+endforeach