# 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

<LocationMatch "^/[^/]+\.git(/.*)">
	AuthType Basic
	AuthName "Git Access"
	AuthUserFile "/opt/GITRepositories/committers.txt"
	Require valid-user
	# Require group committers
</LocationMatch>

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
<Directory /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
</Directory>

# 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