new version of the branch; thanks to chrysn for early feedback

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / tips / laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn b/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn
index cfa565d1a4b317bd7666b4ab3c701339ea167d37..4011763fc2468ea5b32c957cc5f0a5a1053d4153 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ for setting up ikiwiki with git.
 Next, `git clone` the source (`$REPOSITORY`, not `$SRCDIR`)
 from the server to the laptop.
 
 Next, `git clone` the source (`$REPOSITORY`, not `$SRCDIR`)
 from the server to the laptop.
 

-Now, set up a [[web_server|dot_cgi]] on your laptop, if it doesn't
-already have one.
-

 Now you need to write a setup file for ikiwiki on the laptop. Mostly this
 is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
 * Configure a cgi wrapper as usual, but configure the git wrapper to
   be written to the `post-commit` hook of the git clone, rather than the
   usual `post-update` hook.
 Now you need to write a setup file for ikiwiki on the laptop. Mostly this
 is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
 * Configure a cgi wrapper as usual, but configure the git wrapper to
   be written to the `post-commit` hook of the git clone, rather than the
   usual `post-update` hook.

+  
+    git_wrapper: /home/user/foo-wiki/.git/hooks/post-commit

 
 * By default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This shouldn't be 
   done on the laptop, because the origin may not be accessible (when the
 
 * By default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This shouldn't be 
   done on the laptop, because the origin may not be accessible (when the


@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
   Make sure you have ikiwiki 2.11 or better installed, and set:
   
 
   Make sure you have ikiwiki 2.11 or better installed, and set:
   

-       gitorigin_branch => "",
+       gitorigin_branch: 

 
 * You can optionally enable to the [[plugins/mirrorlist]] plugin,
   and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the
 
 * You can optionally enable to the [[plugins/mirrorlist]] plugin,
   and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the


@@ -44,7 +43,30 @@ is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
 Now just run `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -getctime` and you should be
 good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option the first time you
 
 Now just run `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -getctime` and you should be
 good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option the first time you

-run setup.)
+run setup.) If you have taken your `wiki.setup` file from an existing
+wiki, you may need to change certain parameters to adapt to the paths
+on your laptop, a few examples:
+
+    srcdir: /home/user/foo-wiki
+    destdir: /home/user/public_html
+    # optional
+    url: http://foo-wiki.localhost
+    libdir: /home/user/foo-wiki/.ikiwiki
+    ENV:
+        TMPDIR: /home/user/tmp
+    cookiejar:
+        file:
+
+Now, set up a [[web_server|dot_cgi]] on your laptop, if it doesn't
+already have one. You can also skip that step if you want only to
+render the wiki and not allow edition, in which case you'll want the
+following:
+
+    # disable CGI, unless you want to get really funky
+    cgiurl: 
+    cgi_wrapper: 
+
+You can also direct people to the main server for web edition there.

 
 Use standard git commands to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.
 
 
 Use standard git commands to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.