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diff --git a/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn b/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn
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--- a/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ 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|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
 is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
 * Configure a cgi wrapper as usual, but configure the git wrapper to
   be written to the `post-commit` hook of the git clone, rather than the
   usual `post-update` hook.
+  
+    git_wrapper: /home/user/foo-wiki/.git/hooks/post-commit
 
 * By default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This shouldn't be 
   done on the laptop, because the origin may not be accessible (when the
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
   Make sure you have ikiwiki 2.11 or better installed, and set:
   
-  	gitorigin_branch => "",
+  	gitorigin_branch: 
 
 * You can optionally enable to the [[plugins/mirrorlist]] plugin,
   and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the
@@ -44,7 +43,30 @@ is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
 
 Now just run `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -getctime` and you should be
 good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option the first time you
-run setup.)
+run setup.) If you have taken your `wiki.setup` file from an existing
+wiki, you may need to change certain parameters to adapt to the paths
+on your laptop, a few examples:
+
+    srcdir: /home/user/foo-wiki
+    destdir: /home/user/public_html
+    # optional
+    url: http://foo-wiki.localhost
+    libdir: /home/user/foo-wiki/.ikiwiki
+    ENV:
+        TMPDIR: /home/user/tmp
+    cookiejar:
+        file:
+
+Now, set up a [[web_server|dot_cgi]] on your laptop, if it doesn't
+already have one. You can also skip that step if you want only to
+render the wiki and not allow edition, in which case you'll want the
+following:
+
+    # disable CGI, unless you want to get really funky
+    cgiurl: 
+    cgi_wrapper: 
+
+You can also direct people to the main server for web edition there.
 
 Use standard git commands to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.