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.
+you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]],
+[[TLA]] or [[Mercurial]], and that has optional support for commits from the web.
1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it.
cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
git add .
git commit -m create -a
+ # No need to keep files in the master repository; so at this
+ # stage, you may want to remove all files (except .git) to
+ # save disk space.
+
+ # TLA
+ mkdir /tla
+ tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki /tla/wikirepo
+ tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
+
+ # Mercurial
+ hg init /hg/wikirepo
3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
# Git
- git clone /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
+ # Create a local clone to save disk space and also to
+ # optimize performance. See git-clone(1).
+ git clone -l -s /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
+
+ # TLA
+ mkdir ~/wikiwc
+ cd ~/wikiwc
+ tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
+ # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
+ tla import
+
+ # Mercurial
+ # Mercurial uses a single repo approach, so no need to
+ # clone anything. Because the following examples
+ # refer to the ~/wikiwc working copy we symlink it:
+ ln -s /hg/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
4. Build your wiki for the first time.
git commit -m customised index.mdwn
git push origin
+ # TLA
+ tla add index.mdwn
+ tla commit
+
+ # Mercurial
+ hg add index.mdwn
+ hg commit -m customised index.mdwn
+
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
that all of these are pointing to the right directories, and read
through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
- If you want to use git, comment out the subversion stuff, uncomment and
- edit the git stuff.
+ If you want to use something other than subversion, comment out the
+ subversion configuration, and uncomment and edit the configuration for
+ your chosen RCS.
- Note that the default file has a block to configure an [[post-commit]]
+ Note that the default file has a block to configure a [[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.
+ 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.
9. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have
setup a repository browser. For Subversion, you may use [[ViewCVS]] or
something similar to access your [[Subversion]] repository. For Git,
- [[Gitweb]] can be used.
+ [[Gitweb]] can be used, etc.
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
Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.
-10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]
+10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]].