X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1de639aded7ca8d7b9ecd200351ad04a3dd08446..3641df9c9296b0394a46b1c089e58ceb62f8776e:/doc/tips/github.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/github.mdwn b/doc/tips/github.mdwn index 974d572f1..d745bfcc5 100644 --- a/doc/tips/github.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/github.mdwn @@ -5,57 +5,54 @@ site. Your laptop is used to generate and publish changes to it. This is possible because github now supports [github pages](http://github.com/blog/272-github-pages). -Note that github limits free accounts to 100 mb of git storage. It's +Note that github limits free accounts to 100 MB of git storage. It's unlikely that a small wiki or blog will outgrow this, but we are keeping two copies of the website in git (source and the compiled site), and all historical versions too. So it could happen. If it does, you can pay github for more space, or you can migrate your site elsewhere. -## github setup +## Github Setup -* Go to [github](http://github.com/) and sign up for an account, if you - haven't already. -* Be sure to add your laptop's ssh key to it so you can push - to github. -* Create a repository on githib named `$YOU.github.com`, substituting your - username. This repository will be used to publish your compiled website. +* Go to [github](http://github.com/) and sign up for an account, if you haven't already. +* Be sure to add your laptop's ssh key to it so you can push to github. +* Create a repository on github named `$YOU.github.com`, substituting your + *username*. This repository will be used to publish your compiled website. * Create a repository on github named `$YOU` (or anything else you like). This repository will be used to publish the source of your website. This is actually optional. -## local setup +## Local Setup -* On your laptop, create two empty git repositories to correspond to the - github repositories: - YOU=# your github username here - mkdir ~/$YOU.github.com - cd ~/$YOU.github.com - git init - git remote add origin git@github.com:$YOU/$YOU.github.com.git - mkdir ~/$YOU - cd ~/$YOU - git init - git remote add origin git@github.com:$YOU/$YOU.git +* On your laptop, create two empty git repositories to correspond to the github repositories:
+ `YOU=your github username here`
+ `mkdir ~/$YOU.github.com`
+ `cd ~/$YOU.github.com`
+ `git init`
+ `git remote add origin git@github.com:$YOU/$YOU.github.com.git`
+ `mkdir ~/$YOU`
+ `cd ~/$YOU`
+ `git init`
+ `git remote add origin git@github.com:$YOU/$YOU.git`
* Add some wiki pages, such as an `index.mdwn`, to `~/$YOU`, and check them in and commit them to git. You need something to push to github. Run `git push origin master` to push the source pages to github. -## publishing to github +## Publishing to Github -* Now build your wiki with a command such as: - ikiwiki ~/$YOU ~/$YOU.github.com --refresh +* Now build your wiki with a command such as:
+ `ikiwiki ~/$YOU ~/$YOU.github.com --refresh` * Each time you build the wiki you will need to commit the changes - to git, and push the compiled pages to github: - cd ~/YOU.github.com - git add . - git commit -a -m update - git push origin master + to git, and push the compiled pages to github:
+ `cd ~/YOU.github.com`
+ `git add .`
+ `git commit -a -m update`
+ `git push origin master`
Your wiki will show up at `http://$YOU.github.com/` within ten minutes after the first push, and changes you push to it from then on -should show up immediatly. +should show up immediately. -## enhancements +## Enhancements You can follow the instructions in [[laptop_wiki_with_git]] to set up an editable version of your wiki on your laptop. Then you can use the web