X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/0b1828f694dde648c63a192a132308348438379a..1a99ccdd84d685d7955eec8ad3e0b9871a959400:/doc/setup.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index 69972ca52..eef068dae 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,39 +1,58 @@ -So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This turorial will walk -you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] and that has -optional support for commits from the web. +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. -1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. +1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it. - apt-get install ikiwiki # soon - - Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following - perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` `HTML::Template` - -2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki. +2. Create the master rcs repository for your wiki. + # 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 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 -4. Create some files and add them into subversion. Or you might copy the - files from /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki and check those in to get a - head start on creating your wiki. - - echo "Welcome to my empty wiki." > ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn - echo "Feel free to edit this page" > ~/wikiwc/sandbox.mdwn - svn add ~/wikiwc/*.mdwn - svn commit ~/wikiwc -m add - -5. Build your wiki for the first time. +4. Build your wiki for the first time. ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \ --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now - be able to visit the url and see your page that you created earlier. + be able to visit the url and see your wiki. + +5. Customise your wiki. The files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/` are + used if you don't have a custom version, so let's start by making a + custom version of the wiki's index page: + + 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 + + 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 the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as @@ -49,15 +68,18 @@ optional support for commits from the web. `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. 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. `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. + ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and + `destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by + 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 a svn wrapper. This - sets up a [[post-commit]] hook to update the wiki. + 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. @@ -69,12 +91,14 @@ optional support for commits from the web. `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done! 9. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have - setup [[ViewCVS]] or something similar to access your [[Subversion]] - repository. 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: - - `http://svn.host/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki` + setup a repository browser. For Subversion, you may use [[ViewCVS]] or + something similar to access your [[Subversion]] repository. For Git, + [[Gitweb]] can be used. + + 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 ucomment the appropriate `historyurl` setting and edit + it for your setup. Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.