web commit by tschwinge: Another, different use case.

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@@ -130,20 +130,12 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
   ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.
 
-* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs
+* --rcs=svn|git|.., --no-rcs
 
-  Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
+  Enable or disable use of a [[revision_control_system|rcs]].
 
-  If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be
-  a [[Subversion]] working copy.
-
-  If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
-  [[git]] repository.
-
-  If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import.
-
-  If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the
-  [[mercurial]] repository.
+  The `source` directory will be assumed to be a working copy, or clone, or
+  whatever the revision control system you select uses.
 
   In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled, pages edited via
   the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
@@ -154,13 +146,14 @@ configuration options of their own.
 * --svnrepo /svn/wiki
 
   Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required
-  for using --notify with [[Subversion]].
+  for using --notify with [[Subversion|rcs/svn]].
 
 * --svnpath trunk
 
   Specify the path inside your svn repository where the wiki is located.
   This defaults to `trunk`; change it if your wiki is at some other path
-  inside the repository.
+  inside the repository. If your wiki is rooted at the top of the repository,
+  set svnpath to "".
 
 * --rss, --norss
 
@@ -228,6 +221,13 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
   to do away with HTML sanitization.
 
+* --libdir directory
+
+  Makes ikiwiki look in the specified directory first, before the regular
+  locations when loading library files and plugins. For example, if you set
+  libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/", you can install a Foo.pm plugin as
+  "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/Foo.pm".
+
 * --discussion, --no-discussion
 
   Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --numbacklinks n
 
-  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed maximum. Excess backlinks
-  will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to disable this feature.
+  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed at the bottom of a page.
+  Excess backlinks will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to
+  disable this feature.
 
 * --userdir subdir
 
@@ -244,6 +245,10 @@ configuration options of their own.
   subdirectory of the wiki. The default is to link to pages in the toplevel
   directory of the wiki.
 
+* --htmlext html
+
+  Configures the extension used for generated html files. Default is "html".
+
 * --timeformat format
 
   Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --usedirs, --no-usedirs
 
-  Create output files named page/index.html instead of page.html.
+  Toggle creating output files named page/index.html (default) instead of page.html.
 
 * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
 
@@ -280,6 +285,13 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
   with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
 
+* --set var=value
+  
+  This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it
+  were set via a configuration file. Since most options can be configured
+  using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be
+  useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch.
+
 # AUTHOR
 
 Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>