So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This tutorial will walk
-you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] or [[Git]],
-and that has optional support for commits from the web.
+you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]], or
+[[TLA]], and that has optional support for commits from the web.
1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it.
# Subversion
svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo
svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create
-
+
# Git
mkdir /git/wikirepo
cd /git/wikirepo
git init-db
+ # Git requires something be in the repo to start with.
+ cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
+ git add .
+ git commit -m create -a
+
+ # TLA
+ mkdir /tla
+ tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki /tla/wikirepo
+ tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
# Subversion
svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
-
+
# Git
git clone /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
+ # TLA
+ mkdir ~/wikiwc
+ cd ~/wikiwc
+ tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ tla import
+
4. Build your wiki for the first time.
ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \
cd ~/wikiwc
cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
$EDITOR index.mdwn
-
+
# Subversion
svn add index.mdwn
svn commit -m customised index.mdwn
-
+
# Git
git add index.mdwn
git commit -m customised index.mdwn
git push origin
+ # TLA
+ tla add index.mdwn
+ tla commit
+
You can also add any files you like from scratch of course.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
`destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
- hand. `rcsrepo` is the path to your master rcs repository. Make sure
+ hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion repository. Make sure
that all of these are pointing to the right directories, and read
through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
- Note that the default file has a block to configure an Rcs wrapper to
- update the wiki. You need to uncomment the related block for whatever
- rcs you use and comment out the other rcs blocks.
+ If you want to use git, comment out the subversion stuff, uncomment and
+ edit the git stuff.
+
+ Note that the default file has a block to configure an [[post-commit]]
+ wrapper to update the wiki. You need to uncomment the related block for
+ whatever rcs you use and comment out the other rcs blocks.
When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
will set everything up and update your wiki.
The `historyurl` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and in that url,
"\[[file]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So edit
- ikiwiki.setup and set `historyurl` to something like this for
- Subversion:
-
- `http://svn.host/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki`
-
- Or this for Git:
-
- `http://git.host/gitweb.cgi?p=wiki.git;a=history;f=[[file]]`
+ ikiwiki.setup and ucomment the appropriate `historyurl` setting and edit
+ it for your setup.
Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.