docs: update Windows installation documentation for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 and newer Update to the Windows installation documentation following my setup experience on our production server. Changes : * Use of Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 which simplifies matter versus installing Visual Studio 2008 Express, because it removes the need to use the Visual Studio 2008 command prompt. It is also a lot smaller to download and install. Unfortunately, this means the instruction will only work on the same platforms as those which are supported by the compiler. * For that reason, I split the documentation into newer and older Windows. * Added more explanations where I feel it was necessary based on my experience * Added explanation on Git (Warning : I did not try this part) * Instructions assumes x64 instead of Win32. * Clarified titles * Grammar Potential issues: * I have the user install pip system wide so that virtualenv installation is easier (especially if using Python 2.7.9 which already includes pip). One may prefer to install virtualenv and the pip in the virtual environment (I know of no good reason, but it could happen). * Removed some line feeds that I found useless. I do not know the .rst format, they might be needed. It makes no difference when the documentation is generated using make.bat, so I am not sure Potential improvements: * Instructions on using srvany.exe to install as a Windows service * Instructions to make a reverse proxy using Apache * Instructions to make a reverse proxy using IIS

.. _git_support:

===========
GIT support
===========


Git support in Kallithea 1.3 was enabled by default. You need to have a git
client installed on the machine to make git fully work.

Although There is one limitation on git usage.

- large pushes requires a http server with chunked encoding support.

if you plan to use git you need to run Kallithea with some
http server that supports chunked encoding which git http protocol uses,
i recommend using waitress_ or gunicorn_ (linux only) for `paste` wsgi app
replacement. Starting from version 1.4 waitress_ is the default wsgi server
used in Kallithea.

To use, simply change change the following in the .ini file::

    use = egg:Paste#http

to::

    use = egg:waitress#main

or::

    use = egg:gunicorn#main


And comment out bellow options::

    threadpool_workers =
    threadpool_max_requests =
    use_threadpool =


You can simply run `paster serve` as usual.


You can always disable git/hg support by editing a
file **kallithea/__init__.py** and commenting out backends

.. code-block:: python

   BACKENDS = {
       'hg': 'Mercurial repository',
       #'git': 'Git repository',
   }

.. _waitress: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/waitress
.. _gunicorn: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gunicorn