# projects web page will be: https://192.168.1.8/gitweb/
# Create a git project (e.g. testproject.git):
# mkdir -p /opt/GITRepositories/testproject.git
# cd /opt/GITRepositories/testproject.git
# git init --bare --shared
# cp -v /opt/GITRepositories/test.git/hooks/post-update.sample /opt/GITRepositories/test.git/hooks/post-update
# now https://192.168.1.8/testproject.git is ready for cloning:
# git clone https://192.168.1.8/testproject.git

# cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/git.conf
SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /opt/GITRepositories
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL


    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Git Access"
    AuthUserFile "/opt/GITRepositories/committers.txt"
    Require valid-user
    # Require group committers


AliasMatch ^/([^/]+\.git)/(objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$           /opt/GITRepositories/$1/$2
AliasMatch ^/([^/]+\.git)/(objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$  /opt/GITRepositories/$1/$2
ScriptAliasMatch \
        "(?x)^/([^/]+\.git/(HEAD | \
                        info/refs | \
                        objects/(info/[^/]+ | \
                                [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | \
                                pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}\.(pack|idx)) | \
                        git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
        /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/$1

# ScriptAlias /gitweb   /var/www/git/gitweb.cgi
Alias /gitweb /var/www/git

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Git Access"
    AuthUserFile "/opt/GITRepositories/committers.txt"
    Require valid-user

    Options +ExecCGI
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
    DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi


# grep -i -P "^[^#]" /etc/gitweb.conf 
$projects_list_description_width = "50";
$projectroot = "/opt/GITRepositories";
$home_link_str = "projects";
$base_url = "https://192.168.1.8/gitweb/";
@git_base_url_list = qw(https://192.168.1.8)

see also Basic authentication password creation