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hyperlinks without javascript

(1) By Scott Robison (sdr) on 2020-08-21 20:10:59 [source]

I'm posting this "reply" as a new thread rather than duplicating it in multiple threads.

There have been multiple threads recently on various "shortcomings" of fossil when javascript is not available. One of those shortcomings is that links go to the honeypot if the user is not authenticated and does not have javascript enabled (or available in the case of certain browsers).

For those of you who want to be able to browse a repository (under your control) without logging in from a text browser, you can just add the h capability to the nobody account. I've tested this and it works just fine, as long as you realize the risk you are taking (namely that a public facing repository could get hit hard by a bot if hyperlinks are by default enabled).

The javascript capability exists to give user "nobody" links without having to login regardless of the h capability. Just use h and your javascript concerns are gone modulo the ability to follow links sans javascript.