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-A post-commit hook is run every time you commit a change to your subversion repository. To make the wiki be updated each time a commit is made, it can be run from (or as) a post-commit hook.
+A post-commit hook is run every time you commit a change to your
+[[subversion]] (or [[git]] or [[mercurial]]) repository. To make the wiki be updated each
+time a commit is made, it can be run from (or as) a post-commit hook.

 
 

-The best way to run ikiwiki in a [[Subversion]] post-commit hook is using
-a wrapper, which can be generated using `ikiwiki --wrapper`.
-
-First, set up the subversion checkout that ikiwiki will update and compile
-into your wiki at each subversion commit. Run ikiwiki a few times by hand
-to get a feel for it. Now, generate the wrapper by adding "--wrapper"
-to whatever command line you've been using to run ikiwiki. For example:
-
-       ~/wiki-checkout> ikiwiki . ~/public_html/wiki
-       ~/wiki-checkout> ikiwiki . ~/public_html/wiki --wrapper
-       successfully generated ikiwiki-wrap
+The best way to run ikiwiki in a post-commit hook is using a wrapper, which
+ikiwiki is usually configured to generate using a setup file.

 
 The generated wrapper is a C program that is designed to safely be made
 suid if necessary. It's hardcoded to run ikiwiki with the settings
 specified when you ran --wrapper, and can only be used to update and
 compile that one checkout into the specified html directory.
 
 
 The generated wrapper is a C program that is designed to safely be made
 suid if necessary. It's hardcoded to run ikiwiki with the settings
 specified when you ran --wrapper, and can only be used to update and
 compile that one checkout into the specified html directory.
 

-Now, put the wrapper somewhere convenient, and create a post-commit hook
-script in your subversion repository for the wiki. All the post-commit
-hook has to do is run the wrapper (with no parameters).
-
-Depending on your Subversion setup, the post-commit hook might end up
-getting called by users who have write access to subversion, but not to
+Depending on your setup, the post-commit hook might end up
+getting called by users who have write access to the repository, but not to

 your wiki checkout and html directory. If so, you can safely make
 your wiki checkout and html directory. If so, you can safely make

-ikiwiki-wrap suid to a user who can write there (*not* to root!). You might
+the wrapper suid to a user who can write there (*not* to root!). You might

 want to read [[Security]] first.
 want to read [[Security]] first.

+
+[[Setup]] explains setting this up in more detail.