diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.cgi b/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
index 89224e60b..87ec565f6 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ my $projectroot = "/home/kay/public_html/pub/scm";
# location of the git-core binaries
my $gitbin = "/usr/bin";
+# version of the git-core binaries
+my $git_version = qx($gitbin/git --version);
+if ($git_version =~ m/git version (.*)$/) {
+ $git_version = $1;
+} else {
+ $git_version = "unknown";
+}
+
# location for temporary files needed for diffs
my $git_temp = "/tmp/gitweb";
@@ -288,11 +296,12 @@ sub git_header_html {
+
-
$title
+
$rss_link
@@ -816,7 +825,7 @@ sub git_get_project_config {
$key =~ s/^gitweb\.//;
return if ($key =~ m/\W/);
- my $val = qx(git-repo-config --get gitweb.$key);
+ my $val = qx($gitbin/git-repo-config --get gitweb.$key);
return ($val);
}