web commit by JamesWestby: Add a bug and patch for 404 when cancelling the creation...

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / setup.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index c6a8f297eb2ff313afc33090c63b0933ffc54f61..1669071d6c28c8a71a611245ab73d8c9f4b2e930 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]],
                cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
                git add .
                git commit -m create -a
+               # No need to keep files in the master repository; so at this
+               # stage, you may want to remove all files (except .git) to
+               # save disk space.
 
                # TLA
                mkdir /tla
                tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki /tla/wikirepo
                tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
-               # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
-               # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
 
                # Mercurial
                hg init /hg/wikirepo
@@ -35,13 +36,17 @@ you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]],
                svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
                 
                # Git
-               git clone /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
+               # Create a local clone to save disk space and also to
+               # optimize performance. See git-clone(1).
+               git clone -l -s /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
 
                # TLA
                mkdir ~/wikiwc
                cd ~/wikiwc
                tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
                tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+               # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
+               # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
                tla import
 
                # Mercurial