Ikiwiki started out supporting only [[Subversion|svn]], but the interface
ikiwiki uses to a revision control system is sufficiently simple and
generic that it can be adapted to work with many systems by writing a
-[[plugin|plugins/write]]. [[Subversion|svn]] is still a recommended choice;
-[[git]] is another well-tested option.
+[[plugin|plugins/write]]. These days, most people use [[git]].
-These are all the supported revision control systems:
-[[!inline pages="rcs/* and !*/Discussion and !rcs/details" archive=yes]]
+While all supported revision control systems work well enough for basic
+use, some advanced or special features are not supported in all of them.
+Lack of support in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] or auto.setup can make it harder to
+set up a wiki using that revision control system. The `rcs_commit_staged`
+hook is needed to use [[attachments|plugins/attachment]] or
+[[plugins/comments]]. `rcs_getctime` may be implemented in a fast way
+(ie, one log lookup for all files), or very slowly (one lookup per file).
+And so on. The table below summarises this for each revision control
+system and links to more information about each.
+
+[[!table data="""
+feature |[[git]]|[[svn]]|[[bzr]] |[[monotone]]|[[mercurial]]|[[darcs]]|[[tla]] |[[cvs]]
+[[ikiwiki-makerepo]]|yes |yes |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes
+auto.setup |yes |yes |incomplete|yes |incomplete |yes |incomplete|yes
+`rcs_commit_staged` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes
+`rcs_rename` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes
+`rcs_remove` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes
+`rcs_diff` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |yes |yes
+`rcs_getctime` |fast |slow |slow |slow |slow |slow |slow |slow
+`rcs_getmtime` |fast |slow |slow |no |no |no |no |no
+anonymous push |yes |no |no |no |no |no |no |no
+conflict handling |yes |yes |yes |buggy |yes |yes |yes |yes
+"""]]
There is a page with [[details]] about how the different systems work with
ikiwiki, for the curious.