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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [[!toc]]
 [[!toc]]

+[[!meta date="2007-10-22 01:45:55 +0000"]]

 
 Using ikiwiki with the [[rcs/git]] backend, some interesting things can be done
 with creating mirrors (or, really, branches) of a wiki. In this tip, I'll
 
 Using ikiwiki with the [[rcs/git]] backend, some interesting things can be done
 with creating mirrors (or, really, branches) of a wiki. In this tip, I'll


@@ -19,9 +20,6 @@ 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:
 
 Now you need to write a setup file for ikiwiki on the laptop. Mostly this
 is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 


@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
   and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the
   server.
 
   and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the
   server.
 

-Now just run `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -getctime` and you should be
+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.) If you have taken your `wiki.setup` file from an existing
 wiki, you may need to change certain parameters to adapt to the paths
 good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option the first time you
 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


@@ -54,19 +52,27 @@ on your laptop, a few examples:
     destdir: /home/user/public_html
     # optional
     url: http://foo-wiki.localhost
     destdir: /home/user/public_html
     # optional
     url: http://foo-wiki.localhost

-    # disable CGI, unless you want to get really funky
-    cgiurl: 
-    cgi_wrapper: 

     libdir: /home/user/foo-wiki/.ikiwiki
     ENV:
         TMPDIR: /home/user/tmp
     cookiejar:
         file:
 
     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.
 
 Note that if changes are pulled from the server, you will need to manually
 Use standard git commands to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.
 
 Note that if changes are pulled from the server, you will need to manually

-update the wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -refresh`.
+update the wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki --setup wiki.setup --refresh`.

 If you'd like it to automatically update when changes are merged in, you
 can simply make a symlink `post-merge` hook pointing at the `post-update`
 hook ikiwiki created.
 If you'd like it to automatically update when changes are merged in, you
 can simply make a symlink `post-merge` hook pointing at the `post-update`
 hook ikiwiki created.