Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.
-* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs
+* --rcs=svn|git|.., --no-rcs
- Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
+ Enable or disable use of a [[revision_control_system|rcs]].
- If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be
- a [[Subversion]] working copy.
-
- If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
- [[git]] repository.
-
- If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import.
-
- If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the
- [[mercurial]] repository.
+ The `source` directory will be assumed to be a working copy, or clone, or
+ whatever the revision control system you select uses.
In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled, pages edited via
the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
* --svnrepo /svn/wiki
Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required
- for using --notify with [[Subversion]].
+ for using --notify with [[Subversion|rcs/svn]].
* --svnpath trunk
Specify the path inside your svn repository where the wiki is located.
This defaults to `trunk`; change it if your wiki is at some other path
- inside the repository.
+ inside the repository. If your wiki is rooted at the top of the repository,
+ set svnpath to "".
* --rss, --norss
Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
to do away with HTML sanitization.
+* --libdir directory
+
+ Makes ikiwiki look in the specified directory first, before the regular
+ locations when loading library files and plugins. For example, if you set
+ libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/", you can install a Foo.pm plugin as
+ "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/Foo.pm".
+
* --discussion, --no-discussion
Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
* --numbacklinks n
- Controls how many backlinks should be displayed maximum. Excess backlinks
- will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10.
+ Controls how many backlinks should be displayed at the bottom of a page.
+ Excess backlinks will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to
+ disable this feature.
* --userdir subdir
subdirectory of the wiki. The default is to link to pages in the toplevel
directory of the wiki.
+* --htmlext html
+
+ Configures the extension used for generated html files. Default is "html".
+
* --timeformat format
Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the
Log to syslog(3).
+* --usedirs, --no-usedirs
+
+ Toggle creating output files named page/index.html (default) instead of page.html.
+
* --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script,
Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
+* --set var=value
+
+ This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it
+ were set via a configuration file. Since most options can be configured
+ using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be
+ useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch.
+
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>