Implemented caching for certain API endpoints, Added documentation & made backend-fixes

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+## Settings
+You can configure Githermit with a `settings.json` file in the root of the project directory.
+
+This file has both required and optional keys.
+
+### Required
+| Name    | Type   | Description                                   |
+|---------|--------|-----------------------------------------------|
+| host    | string | Desired host address                          |
+| port    | number | Desired port                                  |
+| title   | string | The title of the Githermit instance           |
+| about   | string | A short description of the Githermit instance |
+| git_dir | string | A directory with bare git repositories        |
+
+### Optional
+
+**cache:**<br>
+
+| Name             | Type    | Description                                    | Default |
+|------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------|---------|
+| enabled          | boolean | Whether or not caching is enabled              | true    |
+| ttl              | number  | How long cached data should last (in seconds)  | 120     |
+| max              | number  | The maximum size of the cache (0 = infinity)   | 5000000 |
+| refreshThreshold | number  | The time left on a cache key's ttl to refresh  | 80      |
+
+**dev:**<br>
+
+| Name | Type   | Description                                    |
+|------|--------|------------------------------------------------|
+| port | number | Desired port for the Vue.js development server |
+
+<br>
+
+## Examples
+**Your normal everyday settings file:**
+```
+{
+	"host": "localhost",
+	"port": 80,
+	"title": "Dave's cool git projects",
+	"about": "Take a look on all of my awesome stuff!",
+	"git_dir": "/var/git"
+}
+```
+
+**An ideal settings file for development:**
+```
+{
+	"host": "localhost",
+	"port": 8080,
+	"title": "Bob's cool programs",
+	"about": "Cool, huh?",
+	"git_dir": "/home/bob/git-projects",
+	"dev": {
+		"port": 8008
+	},
+	"cache": {
+		"enabled": false
+	}
+}
+```
+
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 }
 ```
 
+You can find more in-depth information about configuring Githermit in [configuring](/docs_src/configuring.md).
+
 ## Starting
 You can now run Githermit with
 `$ yarn start`
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