Index: .htaccess
--- .htaccess.orig	2014-09-02 23:07:01.000000000 +0200
+++ .htaccess	2016-10-22 22:00:50.086077129 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     Options -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
 
     RewriteEngine On
-    #RewriteBase /path/to/gitlist/
+    RewriteBase /git/
 
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,NC]
Index: index.php
--- index.php.orig	2014-09-02 23:07:47.000000000 +0200
+++ index.php	2016-10-22 22:01:00.296803981 +0200
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
     return false;
 }
 
-if (!is_writable(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cache')) {
-    die(sprintf('The "%s" folder must be writable for GitList to run.', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cache'));
-}
-
 require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
 $config = GitList\Config::fromFile('config.ini');
Index: src/Application.php
--- src/Application.php.orig	2014-09-02 23:05:54.000000000 +0200
+++ src/Application.php	2016-10-22 22:00:50.086077129 +0200
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@
 
     public function getCachePath()
     {
-        return $this->path
-            . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
-            . 'cache'
-            . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+        return "@l_prefix@/var/gitlist/cache/";
     }
 
     public function getThemePath($theme)