git does not support pushing to a repository that has a working
directory. This is called _repository_ in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s
manual page. This bare repository has a `post-update` hook
- that either is or calls ikiwiki's git wrapper, which changes to the
+ that either is or calls ikiwiki's `git_wrapper`, which changes to the
working directory for ikiwiki, does a `git pull`, and refreshes ikiwiki
to regenerate the wiki with any new content. The [[setup]] page describes
- how to do this.
+ how to do this, but note, if you are importing from an existing git repository, that ikiwiki will not create the `git_wrapper` unless its path is explicitely set in your `.setup` file.
* The second repository is a clone of the bare root repository, and
has a working tree which is used as ikiwiki's srcdir for compiling
repositories are also clones of the bare root repository above --
and these have a working directory for you to work on. Use either
the `git` transport (if available), or `ssh`. These repositories may
- be on remote machines, your laptop, whereever you find convenient to
- hack on your wiki. you can commit local changes to the version on
+ be on remote machines, your laptop, wherever you find convenient to
+ hack on your wiki. You can commit local changes to the version on
the laptop, perhaps while offline. Any new content should be pushed to the
bare master repository when you are ready to publish it, and then
the post-update hook of the bare repository will ensure that the
Note that when the `pre-receive` hook is checking incoming changes, it
ignores the git authorship information, and uses the username of the unix
-user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages` [[PageSpec]]
+user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages`
+[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]
are checked to see if that user can edit the pages in the commit.
You can even set up an [[anonymous_user|tips/untrusted_git_push]], to allow