X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/74baaeba00c90cd7a027e40e2f6d65695341a0e1..8b31c53366bbee51b36501443eafd0f712ee6a4c:/doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn b/doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn index d68eb1ed5..1d3cd2bc4 100644 --- a/doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ [monotone](http://monotone.ca/) is a distributed revision control system. -Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in tla. +Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in Monotone and editing it using the [[cgi]] interface. +It will use the Monotone logs to generate the [[RecentChanges]] page. -This requires the Monotone perl module from the monotone contrib/ directory -to be installed. In particlar, it needs version 0.03 or higher of that module. -It is available from the monotone source repository at: +The monotone support requires the Monotone perl module (from the contrib/ directory +in the monotone source) to be installed. In particular, it needs version 0.03 or higher of that module. +The module is available from the monotone source repository at: + +Monotone support works, but there are still a few minor missing bits (listed here so they are not forgotten): + +* At the moment there are no links to display diffs between revisions. It shouldn't be hard to add links to a [ViewMTN](http://grahame.angrygoats.net/moinmoin/ViewMTN) instance, but it hasn't been done yet. +* Documentation (this page) could be improved. + +There is also a mismatch between the way Ikiwiki handles conflicts and the way Monotone handles conflicts. At present, if there is a conflict, then Ikiwiki will commit a revision with conflict markers before presenting it to the user. This is ugly, but there is no clean way to fix it at present.