updated branch; this is ready for review for inclusion in IkIWiki

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

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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[[!meta date="2008-05-06 19:22:09 -0400"]]
+
 [[rcs/git]] and other distributed version control systems are all about
 making it easy to create and maintain copies and branches of a project. And
 this can be used for all sorts of interesting stuff. Since ikiwiki can use
@@ -7,12 +9,13 @@ git, let's explore some possibilities for distributed wikis.
 
 ## Overview
 
-There are three possible level of decentralisation:
+There are several possible level of decentralisation:
 
  0. [[default setup|rcs/git]], no decentralisation
  1. [[a simple HTML mirror|tips/Git_repository_and_web_server_on_different_hosts/]]
- 2. separate `srcdir`, still requires a central bare repo - uses [[plugins/pinger]]
- 3. completely distinct ikiwiki installs, synchronised with [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]]
+ 2. [[separate ikiwiki and git servers|tips/Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines]]
+ 3. separate `srcdir`, still requires a central bare repo - uses [[plugins/pinger]]
+ 4. completely distinct ikiwiki installs
 
 Here's a graphic overview of those:
 
@@ -34,6 +37,13 @@ This is the configuration described in
 hosts the HTML files, the ikiwiki [[cgi]] but everything else is on
 the git server.
 
+### Separate webserver and git repository, the git srcdir being hosted on the webserver
+
+[[!img Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines/separate-web-git-servers.svg size=400x]]
+
+This is the configuration described in
+[[tips/Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines]]. One server hosts the web server (and the [[Ikiwiki cgi|cgi]]) and the git source dir; a second server hosts the git bare repository. This can be used when you have very limited access to the git server.
+
 ### Decentralised pinger setup
 
 [[!img ping-setup.svg size=400x]]
@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ Step by step setup instructions for this are detailed below.
 [[!img decentralized_wikis.svg size=400x]]
 
 In this configuration, each wiki is fully independent and pushes its
-changes to other wikis using the [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]] plugin.
+changes to other wikis using git.
 
 ## Step by step setup instructions
 
@@ -197,12 +207,11 @@ The following entries will be different from the above setup file:
     git_wrapper: /home/user/source.git/hooks/post-commit
     git_test_receive_wrapper: /home/user/source.git/hooks/pre-receive
 
-To do this, the mirror needs to push back to the master, using the [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]] plugin:
+To make the mirror push back to the master, use, for example:
 
-    git_push_to:
-    - git://wiki.example.com/
+    git_wrapper_background_command: git push git://wiki.example.com/
 
-This will ensure that commits done on the mirror will propagate back to the master.
+This will help ensure that commits done on the mirror will propagate back to the master.
 
 ## Other ideas