X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1612dce6bbb050eacf6843b972ffaf9816d724be..423aa99998c49c18d0f8adf3240840c4fa981d0e:/doc/usage.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 57cdba167..4fb91b89b 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -130,20 +130,12 @@ configuration options of their own. Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook. -* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs +* --rcs=svn|git|.., --no-rcs - Enable or disable use of a revision control system. + Enable or disable use of a [[revision_control_system|rcs]]. - If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be - a [[Subversion]] working copy. - - If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the - [[git]] repository. - - If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import. - - If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the - [[mercurial]] repository. + The `source` directory will be assumed to be a working copy, or clone, or + whatever the revision control system you select uses. In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled, pages edited via the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed @@ -154,7 +146,7 @@ configuration options of their own. * --svnrepo /svn/wiki Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required - for using --notify with [[Subversion]]. + for using --notify with [[Subversion|rcs/svn]]. * --svnpath trunk @@ -229,6 +221,13 @@ configuration options of their own. Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber" to do away with HTML sanitization. +* --libdir directory + + Makes ikiwiki look in the specified directory first, before the regular + locations when loading library files and plugins. For example, if you set + libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/", you can install a Foo.pm plugin as + "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/Foo.pm". + * --discussion, --no-discussion Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of @@ -236,8 +235,9 @@ configuration options of their own. * --numbacklinks n - Controls how many backlinks should be displayed maximum. Excess backlinks - will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to disable this feature. + Controls how many backlinks should be displayed at the bottom of a page. + Excess backlinks will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to + disable this feature. * --userdir subdir @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ configuration options of their own. * --usedirs, --no-usedirs - Create output files named page/index.html instead of page.html. + Toggle creating output files named page/index.html (default) instead of page.html. * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode @@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ configuration options of their own. Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages. +* --set var=value + + This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it + were set via a configuration file. Since most options can be configured + using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be + useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch. + +# SEE ALSO + +* [[ikiwiki-mass-rebuild]](8) +* [[ikiwiki-update-wikilist]](1) + # AUTHOR Joey Hess