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-### 1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
+## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
-### 2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
+If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, ikiwiki is an `apt-get install ikiwiki` away.
+If you're not, see the [[download]] and [[install]] pages.
+
+## Decide where your wiki's files will go.
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
Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
-### 3. Create the beginnings of your wiki.
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.
This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
"""]]
-See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
+See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] 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.
-### 4. Build your wiki for the first time.
+## Build your wiki for the first time.
ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
-### 5. Add content to your wiki.
+## Add content to your wiki.
-Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding the
-wiki.
+Continue editing or adding pages and rebuilding the wiki.
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
and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
[[usage]]).
-### 6. Add a setup file.
+## Add a setup file.
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
When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
will set everything up.
-### 7. Turn on additional features.
+## Turn on additional features.
Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
with ikiwiki's many features.
`ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
[[plugins]]..
-### 8. Put your wiki in revision control.
+## 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.
-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.
+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
- 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"
+ ikiwiki-makerepo svn $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
"""]]
[[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
[[toggleable id=git text="""
-When using Git, you probably want to set up two repositories, of which
-one should be bare (meaning that it does not have a working tree
-checked out). We call the bare repository the "repository" and the
-other will be the "srcdir" (which `ikiwiki` uses to compile the wiki).
-There are [other
-ways](http://blog.madduck.net/vcs/2007.07.11_publishing-git-repositories)
-to do the following, but this might be easiest:
-
REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git
- GIT_DIR=$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.
+ 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 $SRCDIR
+"""]]
+
+[[toggle id=bazaar text="Bazaar"]]
+[[toggleable id=bazaar text="""
+ REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+ ikiwiki-makerepo bzr $SRCDIR
"""]]
[[toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
tla import
"""]]
-[[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
-[[toggleable id=mercurial text="""
- REPOSITORY=$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
rm -r $SRCDIR-old
"""]]
-### 9. Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
+## 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
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!
+## Enjoy your new wiki!
Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
the [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.