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 This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
 
 This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
 

-1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
+[[toc ]]

 
 

-2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
+## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.

 
 

-   As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory,
-   and outputs the files to a destination directory.  If you keep your wiki in
-   a version control system, the source directory will contain a working copy
-   checked out from the version control system.
+## Decide where your wiki's files will go.

 
 

-   For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
-   for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
+As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory,
+and outputs the files to a destination directory.  If you keep your wiki in
+a version control system, the source directory will contain a working copy
+checked out from the version control system.

 
 

-                       SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
-                       DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
+For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
+for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.

 
 

-   Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
-   edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
+       SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
+       DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/

 
 

-3. Create the beginnings of your wiki.
+Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
+edits in ikiwiki's working copy.

 
 

-   This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.

 
 

-                       mkdir $SRCDIR
-                       cd $SRCDIR
-                       $EDITOR index.mdwn
+This will create a simple main page for the wiki.

 
 

-   In the editor, you could start by entering a simple page like 
-   [[toggle id=page text="this one"]].
-   
-   [[toggleable id=page text="""
-                       Welcome to your new wiki.
-                       All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]],
-                       so this one does too.
-                       ----
-                       This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
-   """]]
-   
-   See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
-
-   Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
-   wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
-   automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
+       mkdir $SRCDIR
+       cd $SRCDIR
+       $EDITOR index.mdwn

 
 

-4. Build your wiki for the first time.
+In the editor, you could start by entering a simple page like
+[[toggle id=page text="this one"]].
+[[toggleable id=page text="""
+       Welcome to your new wiki.

 
 

-                       ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
+       All wikis are supposed to have a \[[SandBox]],
+       so this one does too.

 
 

-   Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
-   be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
+       ----

 
 

-5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
-   the wiki. 
+       This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
+"""]]

    
    

-   To quickly get started on a common task like blogging with ikiwiki, you
-   can copy in files from the [[examples]]. The examples are located in
-   `doc/examples/` in the ikiwiki source package.
+See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] for details about the markup language.

 
 

-   You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
-   and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
-   [[usage]]).
+Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
+wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
+automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.

 
 

-6. 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. Time to
-   introduce setup files.
-   
-   A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
-   `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. Note that this
-   file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with the rest of the
-   files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/ subdirectory.
-   
-   Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
-   ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
-   `destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
-   hand. Make sure that these are pointing to the right directories, and
-   read through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
+## Build your wiki for the first time.

 
 

-   When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
-   will set everything up.
+       ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/

 
 

-7. Turn on additional features.
+Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
+be able to visit the url and see your wiki.

 
 

-   Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
-   with ikiwiki's many features. 
+## Add content to your wiki.
+
+Continue editing or adding pages and rebuilding the wiki.

    
    

-   Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
-   editing the wiki from the web. 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!
+To quickly get started on a common task like blogging with ikiwiki, you
+can copy in files from the [[examples]]. The examples are located in
+`doc/examples/` in the ikiwiki source package.

 
 

-   There are lots of other configuration options in ikiwiki.setup that you
-   can uncomment, configure, and enable by re-running
-   `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
-   [[plugins]]..
+You can experiment with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
+and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
+[[usage]]).

 
 

-8. Put your wiki in revision control.
+## Add a setup file.

 
 

-   At this point you might want to check your wiki in to a revision control
-   system you can get history of past changes and revert edits. Depending
-   on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies.
+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. Time to
+introduce setup files.
+   
+A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
+`doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. Note that this
+file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with the rest of the
+files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/ subdirectory.

    
    

-   There's little that's ikiwiki specific about these instructions; this is
-   just how you put a directory under revision control using the various
-   systems that ikiwiki supports. Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is
-   where ikiwiki keeps its state, and should be preserved, but not checked
-   into revision control.
-
-   [[toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]]
-   [[toggleable id=subversion text="""
-                       REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
-                       svnadmin create $REPOSITORY
-                       svn mkdir file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "create trunk"
-                       cd $SRCDIR
-                       svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk .
-                       svn add *
-                       svn commit -m "initial import"
-   """]]
+Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
+ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
+`destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
+hand. Make sure that these are pointing to the right directories, and
+read through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
+
+When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
+will set everything up.
+
+## Turn on additional features.
+
+Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
+with ikiwiki's many features. 

    
    

-   [[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
-   [[toggleable id=git text="""
-       When using Git, you probably want to set up two repositories, of which
-       one should be bare (meaning that it does not have a working tree
-       checked out). We call the bare repository the "repository" and the
-       other will be the "srcdir" (which `ikiwiki` uses to compile the wiki).
-       There are [other
-       ways](http://blog.madduck.net/vcs/2007.07.11_publishing-git-repositories)
-       to do the following, but this might be easiest:
-
-                       REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git
-                       GIT_DIR=$REPOSITORY git --bare init --shared
-                       cd $SRCDIR
-                       git init
-                       echo /.ikiwiki > .gitignore
-                       git add .
-                       git commit -m "initial commit"
-                       git remote add origin $REPOSITORY
-                       git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
-                       git push --all
-
-       It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the Git repository in
-       `$SRCDIR` ([this FAQ entry explains
-       why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b6a3d85f677763313159eb39f7dbf4579d4ee28b)).
-       Instead, if you want to work on the wiki from a remote machine, clone
-       `$REPOSITORY`, using either the `git` transport (if available), or
-       `ssh`.
-
-       If at any point you commit changes in `$SRCDIR`, make sure to `git
-       push` them to the `$REPOSITORY`. ikiwiki will do this automatically
-       for any changes made via the web.
-
-       Finally, see [[Git_pitfalls]] if you experience problems.
-   """]]
-
-   [[toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
-   [[toggleable id=tla text="""
-                       REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
-                       tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY
-                       tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
-                       cd $SRCDIR
-                       tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
-                       tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
-                       # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
-                       # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
-                       tla add *
-                       tla import
-   """]]
-
-   [[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
-   [[toggleable id=mercurial text="""
-                       REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
-                       hg init $REPOSITORY
-                       cd $REPOSITORY
-                       hg add *
-                       hg commit -m "initial import"
-   """]]
-
-   [[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
-   [[toggleable id=monotone text="""
-                       # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone
-                       # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it
-                       REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db
-                       BRANCH=com.company.wikiname
-                       # remember the password you use in the next step and
-                       # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below
-                       # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name
-                       mtn genkey web@machine.company.com
-                       mtn db init --db=$REPOSITORY
-                       mv $SRCDIR $SRCDIR-old
-                       cd $SRCDIR-old
-                       echo ".ikiwiki" > $SRCDIR-old/.mtn-ignore
-                       mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH import . -m "initial import"
-                       cd ..
-                       mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH checkout $SRCDIR
-                       mv $SRCDIR-old/.ikiwiki $SRCDIR
-                       cat << EOF > $SRCDIR/_MTN/monotonerc
-                       function get_passphrase (branchname)
-                           return "wikiKeyPass"
-                       end
-                       EOF
-                       rm -r $SRCDIR-old
-   """]]
-
-9. Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
-
-   Once your wiki is checked in to the revision control system,
-   you should configure ikiwiki to use revision control. Edit your
-   ikiwiki.setup, and uncomment the lines for the revision control system
-   you chose to use. Be sure to set `svnrepo` to $REPOSITORY, if using
-   subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision
-   control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block
-   appropriately (for Git, it should be `$REPOSITORY/hooks/post-update`).
-
-   Once it's all set up, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` once more.
-   Now you should be able to edit files in $SRCDIR, and use your revision
-   control system to commit them, and the wiki will automatically update.
-   And in the web interface, RecentChanges should work, and files changed
-   by web users will also be committed using revision control.
-
-10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
-    [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.
+Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
+editing the wiki from the web. 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!
+
+There are lots of other configuration options in ikiwiki.setup that you
+can uncomment, configure, and enable by re-running
+`ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
+[[plugins]]..
+
+## Put your wiki in revision control.
+
+At this point you might want to check your wiki in to a revision control
+system so you can keep track of changes and revert edits. Depending
+on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies.
+
+Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is where ikiwiki keeps its state, and
+should be preserved, but not checked into revision control.
+
+The new [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] command automates setting up a wiki in
+revision control.
+
+[[toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]]
+[[toggleable id=subversion text="""
+       REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
+       ikiwiki-makerepo svn $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+"""]]
+
+[[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
+[[toggleable id=git text="""
+       REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git
+       ikiwiki-makerepo git $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+
+Please see [[rcs/git]] for detailed documentation about how
+ikiwiki uses git repositories, and some important caveats
+about using the git repositories.
+"""]]
+
+[[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
+[[toggleable id=mercurial text="""
+       REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+       ikiwiki-makerepo mercurial $SRCDIR
+"""]]
+
+[[toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
+[[toggleable id=tla text="""
+       REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
+       tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY
+       tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
+       cd $SRCDIR
+       tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+       tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+       # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
+       # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
+       tla add *
+       tla import
+"""]]
+
+[[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
+[[toggleable id=monotone text="""
+       # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone
+       # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it
+       REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db
+       BRANCH=com.company.wikiname
+       # remember the password you use in the next step and
+       # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below
+       # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name
+       mtn genkey web@machine.company.com
+       mtn db init --db=$REPOSITORY
+       mv $SRCDIR $SRCDIR-old
+       cd $SRCDIR-old
+       echo ".ikiwiki" > $SRCDIR-old/.mtn-ignore
+       mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH import . -m "initial import"
+       cd ..
+       mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH checkout $SRCDIR
+       mv $SRCDIR-old/.ikiwiki $SRCDIR
+       cat << EOF > $SRCDIR/_MTN/monotonerc
+       function get_passphrase (branchname)
+           return "wikiKeyPass"
+       end
+       EOF
+       rm -r $SRCDIR-old
+"""]]
+
+## Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
+
+Once your wiki is checked in to the revision control system,
+you should configure ikiwiki to use revision control. Edit your
+ikiwiki.setup, and uncomment the lines for the revision control system
+you chose to use. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision
+control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block
+appropriately (for Git, it should be `$REPOSITORY/hooks/post-update`).
+
+Once it's all set up, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` once more.
+Now you should be able to edit files in $SRCDIR, and use your revision
+control system to commit them, and the wiki will automatically update.
+And in the web interface, RecentChanges should work, and files changed
+by web users will also be committed using revision control.
+
+## Enjoy your new wiki!
+
+Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
+the [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.