ugh, this is a tricky one..

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / setup.mdwn

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@@ -1,42 +1,63 @@
-So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This turorial will walk
-you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] and that has
-optional support for commits from the web.
+So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This tutorial will walk
+you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] or [[Git]],
+and that has optional support for commits from the web.

 
 

-1. [[Install]] ikiwiki.
+1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it.

 
 

-               apt-get install ikiwiki # soon
-
-   Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following
-   perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` `HTML::Template`
-
-2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki.
+2. Create the master rcs repository for your wiki.

 
 

+               # Subversion

                svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo
                svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create
                svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo
                svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create

+                
+               # Git
+               mkdir /git/wikirepo
+               cd /git/wikirepo
+               git init-db
+               # Git requires something be in the repo to start with.
+               cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
+               git add .
+               git commit -m create -a

 
 3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
 
 
 3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
 

+               # Subversion

                svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
                svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc

+                
+               # Git
+               git clone /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
+
+4. Build your wiki for the first time.

 
 

-4. Create some files and add them into subversion.
+               ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \
+                       --url=http://host/~you/wiki/

 
 

-               echo "Welcome to my empty wiki." > ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn
-               echo "Feel free to edit this page" > ~/wikiwc/sandbox.mdwn
-               svn add ~/wikiwc/*.mdwn
-               svn commit ~/wikiwc -m add
+   Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
+   be able to visit the url and see your wiki.

 
 

-5. Build your wiki for the first time.
+5. Customise your wiki. The files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/` are
+   used if you don't have a custom version, so let's start by making a
+   custom version of the wiki's index page:

 
 

-               ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ \
-                  /usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \
-                  --url=http://host/~you/wiki/
+               cd ~/wikiwc
+               cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
+               $EDITOR index.mdwn
+                
+               # Subversion
+               svn add index.mdwn
+               svn commit -m customised index.mdwn
+                
+               # Git
+               git add index.mdwn
+               git commit -m customised index.mdwn
+               git push origin

 
 

-   Replace the url with the right url to your wiki. You should now
-   be able to visit the url and see your page that you created earlier.
+   You can also add any files you like from scratch of course.

 
 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
    the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as
 
 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
    the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as

-   --wikiname too. Get confortable with its command line.
+   `--wikiname` and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line
+   (see [[usage]]).

 
 7. By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line
    options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. And it's
 
 7. By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line
    options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. And it's


@@ -47,31 +68,37 @@ optional support for commits from the web.
    `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. 
    
    Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
    `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. 
    
    Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as

-   ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir`,
-   `templatedir` and `destdir` are the three directories you specify when
-   running ikiwiki by hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion 
-   repository. Make sure that all of these are pointing to the right
-   directories, and read through and configure the rest of the file to your
-   liking.
+   ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
+   `destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
+   hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion repository.  Make sure
+   that all of these are pointing to the right directories, and read
+   through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.

 
 

-   Note that the default file will enable a [[post-commit]] hook to
-   update the wiki, but has cgi support turned off.
+   If you want to use git, comment out the subversion stuff, uncomment and
+   edit the git stuff.

 
 

-   When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it will
-   generate the subversion [[post-commit]] hook and update your wiki.
+   Note that the default file has a block to configure an [[post-commit]] 
+   wrapper to update the wiki. You need to uncomment the related block for
+   whatever rcs you use and comment out the other rcs blocks.
+
+   When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
+   will set everything up and update your wiki.

 
 8. Set up [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web.
 
 
 8. Set up [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web.
 

-   Just edit ikiwiki.setup, change cgiwrapper to 1, and optioanlly anonok
-   to 1, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done!
+   Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the block for the cgi wrapper, make
+   sure the filename for the cgi wrapper is ok, run 
+   `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done!

 
 9. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have
 
 9. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have

-   setup [[ViewCVS]] or something similar to access your [[Subversion]]
-   repository.  The `historyurl` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and 
-   in that url, "[[]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So
-   edit ikiwiki.setup and set `historyurl` to something like this:
-
-       `http://svn.host/trunk/[[]]?root=wiki`
+   setup a repository browser.  For Subversion, you may use [[ViewCVS]] or
+   something similar to access your [[Subversion]] repository.  For Git,
+   [[Gitweb]] can be used.
+   
+   The `historyurl` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and in that url,
+   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So edit
+   ikiwiki.setup and ucomment the appropriate `historyurl` setting and edit
+   it for your setup.

    
    Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.
 
    
    Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.