diff -up git-1.8.4.2/gitweb/gitweb.perl.orig git-1.8.4.2/gitweb/gitweb.perl

--- git-1.8.4.2/gitweb/gitweb.perl.orig	2013-10-28 14:17:38.000000000 -0400

+++ git-1.8.4.2/gitweb/gitweb.perl	2013-10-29 16:49:07.302747507 -0400

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ our $projectroot = "++GITWEB_PROJECTROOT

 our $project_maxdepth = "++GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH++";

 # string of the home link on top of all pages

-our $home_link_str = "++GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR++";

+our $home_link_str = $ENV{'SERVER_NAME'} ? "git://" . $ENV{'SERVER_NAME'} : "projects";

 # extra breadcrumbs preceding the home link

 our @extra_breadcrumbs = ();