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+[[!toc]]
+
 Using ikiwiki with the [[rcs/git]] backend, some interesting things can be done
 with creating mirrors (or, really, branches) of a wiki. In this tip, I'll
 assume your wiki is located on a server, and you want to take a copy with
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ version on the laptop, perhaps while offline. You can browse and edit the
 wiki using a local web server. When you're ready, you can manually push the
 changes to the main wiki on the server.
 
+## simple clone approach
+
 First, set up the wiki on the server, if it isn't already. Nothing special
 needs to be done here, just follow the regular instructions in [[setup]]
 for setting up ikiwiki with git.
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ for setting up ikiwiki with git.
 Next, `git clone` the source (`$REPOSITORY`, not `$SRCDIR`)
 from the server to the laptop.
 
-Now, set up a [[web_server|apache_cgi]] on your laptop, if it doesn't
+Now, set up a [[web_server|dot_cgi]] on your laptop, if it doesn't
 already have one.
 
 Now you need to write a setup file for ikiwiki on the laptop. Mostly this
@@ -49,3 +53,19 @@ update the wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -refresh`.
 If you'd like it to automatically update when changes are merged in, you
 can simply make a symlink `post-merge` hook pointing at the `post-update`
 hook ikiwiki created.
+
+## bare mirror approach
+
+As above, set up a normal ikiwiki on the server, with the usual bare repository.
+
+Next, `git clone --mirror server:/path/to/bare/repository`
+
+This will be used as the $REPOSITORY on the laptop.  Then you can follow
+the instructions in [[setup by hand|/setup/byhand]] as per a normal ikiwiki
+installation. This means that you can clone from the local bare repository
+as many times as you want (thus being able to have a repository which is
+used by the ikiwiki CGI, and another which you can use for updating via
+git).
+
+Use standard git commands, run in the laptop's bare git repository
+to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.