X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1aa715b87d51f67522259e6e9124d4d6c78f7699..58f1ef0784117a6b522c8ac64ec24056e1bbad8f:/doc/rcs/git/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/rcs/git/discussion.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git/discussion.mdwn index 72954b564..f9d07891e 100644 --- a/doc/rcs/git/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs/git/discussion.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,80 @@ +## ikiwiki + git + + + +Here's an early page documenting setting up ikiwiki with git. It shouldn't be +this hard anymore. :-) See [[setup]] --[[Joey]] + ## Migrating from svn to git ## I'd like to migrate from svn to git, because git is better in general but also has some nice properties that go well together with my use of ikiwiki.. I only change it myself. I want a single git repo so that my website directory is self-contained so that I don't need to drag around a separate svn repository on my computer. Is it possible to use ikiwiki so that it only uses a git repository in the same dir as all files are stored and edited? -Otherwise, I hope migrating is just importing the svn repo to git and then setting up ikiwiki to use git. I don't plan to go back to svn after that so git-svn should only do the import. \ No newline at end of file +Otherwise, I hope migrating is just importing the svn repo to git and then setting up ikiwiki to use git. I don't plan to go back to svn after that so git-svn should only do the import. + +### Solution ### +**Basis:** I only use ikiwiki as a wiki compiler. No cgi or anything. + +I imported my svn repo into git with `git-svnimport`. I reconfigured ikiwiki to _not use any rcs_. In `ikiwiki.setup`, I have the git repository as srcdir, and a suitable dstdir. + +Then, in my git repository, I added this `post-commit` hook to refresh the wiki: + + #!/bin/sh + + # to refresh when changes happen + + BASE="/path/to/base/dir" + SETUPFILE="$BASE/ikiwiki.setup" + UNDERLAYDIR="$BASE/underlay" + + ikiwiki --refresh --setup "$SETUPFILE" --underlaydir="$UNDERLAYDIR" --verbose + +Positives: + +* Containment: I only have the above `$BASE` directory to backup: it contains the srcdir and setup files. No external svn repository. This means that suddenly `git` and `ikiwiki` pair into a stand-alone self-contained wiki compiler kit. + +UlrikSverdrup (This is now crossposted to the above mentioned [website][ulrikweb]) + +[ulrikweb]: http://www.student.lu.se/~cif04usv/wiki/stuff/git.html + +> Note that while the post-commit hook above may work in some situations, it *will* fail (or at least be suboptimal) for web commits. If you're setting up ikiwiki and git for a wiki that allows web commits, you should use +> the repository and hook setups in documented in [[setup]] instead. With that method, you do end up with two separate git repos; but it's fine to only back one of them up. :-) --[[Joey]] + +## gitmanual + +Main use case I am trying to accomplish: Edit wiki pages offline. + +1. Imagine you're the administrator of the site and you want to checkout the wiki sources to give them some love while on a train journey. +2. Or you are writing a complex document and you want to simply use your favourite $EDITOR +3. Learn a little more about [git](http://git.or.cz/) + +# Workflow + +## on webconverger.org aka si.dabase.com aka hendry machine + +Wiki page created with [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Example usb.mdwn [usb](http://webconverger.org/usb/) + +## on monty (my laptop) + + git-clone ssh://si.dabase.com/home/hendry/wikiwc/.git/ + +You might want to set some config variables like your email as this [tutorial](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/tutorial.html) describes. + + echo "blah" >> usb.mdwn + +Then to commit: + + git-commit -a -m "added test" + +Send back: + + git push origin + +## on webconverger.org aka si.dabase.com aka hendry machine + +You should setup the "The git post-update wrapper" in the **ikiwiki.setup** file. + +Then the wiki should be up-to-date! :) + +# Ack + +Thanks to gitte on #git on Freenode and of course joeyh. Have a look at [[rcs/details]].