X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8e92468eae9ac0ab8161a0c71ff6c6a0a8aef07a..0ba0d0982455297446ed777aa89d1fbf8989d2ae:/doc/rcs/git.mdwn diff --git a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn index 000eb0b3c..b4f639c61 100644 --- a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn @@ -5,90 +5,47 @@ the Linux kernel. Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in git. [git]: http://git.or.cz/ -Ikiwiki can run as a `post-update` hook to update a wiki whenever commits -come in. When running as a [[cgi]] with Git, ikiwiki automatically -commits edited pages, and uses the Git history to generate the -[[RecentChanges]] page. +Ikiwiki can run as a git `post-update` hook to update a wiki +whenever commits come in. When running as a [[cgi]], +ikiwiki automatically commits edited pages, and uses the +git history to generate the [[RecentChanges]] page. + +Normally you can just follow the instructions in [[setup]] to create +the git repositories and get started. To understand the details, read on. ## git repository setup -The suggested setup for git is a set of repositories setup like a -shallow, single level tree, with a bare repository (meaning that it -does not have a working tree checked out) at the root, and various -working clones (with working directories) as leaf nodes. The root -(bare) repository is meant to be pushed to and pulled from the various -working clones. +[[!img wiki_edit_flow.svg size=490x align=right]] + +The suggested setup for git has a bare repository, and various +working clones (with working directories). The bare +repository is pushed to and pulled from the various working clones. -One of the leaf node clone repositories is special; it has working -directory which is used to compile the wiki, and is also used by the +One of the clones is special; it is the srcdir +which is used to compile the wiki, and is also used by the [[cgi]] to commit changes made via the web interface. It is special since the `post-update` hook for the bare root repository is used to trigger an update of this repository, and then an ikiwiki refresh -updates the published wiki itself. +updates the published wiki itself. -The other (optional) leaf node repositories are meant for you to work +The other (optional) clones are meant for you to work on, and commit to, changes should then be pushed to the bare root -repository. In theory, you could work on the same leaf node repository -that ikiwiki uses to compile the wiki from, and the [[cgi]] commits -to, as long as you ensure that permissions and ownership don't hinder -the working of the [[cgi]]. This can be done, for example, by using -ACL's, in practice, it is easier to just setup separate clones for -yourself. - -So, to reiterate, when using Git, you probably want to set up three -repositories: - -* The root repository. This should be a bare repository (meaning that - it does not have a working tree checked out), which the other - repositories will push to/pull from. It is a bare repository, since - there are problems pushing to a repository that has a working - directory. This is called _repository_ in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s - manual page. Nominally, this bare repository has a `post-update` hook - that either is or calls ikiwiki's git wrapper, which changes to the - working directory for ikiwiki, does a `git pull`, and refreshes ikiwiki - to regenerate the wiki with any new content. The [[setup]] page describes - how to do this. - -* The second repository is a clone of the bare root repository, and - has a working tree which is used as ikiwiki's srcdir for compiling - the wiki. **Never** push to this repository. When running as a - [[cgi]], the changes are committed to this repository, and pushed to - the master repository above. This is called _srcdir_ in - [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s manual page. - -* The other (third, fourth, fifth, sixth -- however many pleases you) - repositories are also clones of the bare root repository above -- - and these have a working directory for you to work on. Use either - the `git` transport (if available), or `ssh`. These repositories may - be on remote machines, your laptop, whereever you find convenient to - hack on your wiki. you can commit local changes to the version on - the laptop, perhaps while offline. Any new content should be pushed to the - bare master repository when you are ready to publish it, and then - the post-update hook of the bare repository will ensure that the - ikiwiki's source directory is updated, and the ikiwiki refreshed - with the new content. - -Using three or more of repositories isn't the most obvious set up, but +repository. + +Using three or more repositories isn't the most obvious set up, but it works the best for typical ikiwiki use. [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] can automate setting this up for the common case where there is no pre-existing wiki. [[tips/Laptop_wiki_with_git]] describes a different way to set up ikiwiki and git. -It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the non-bare repository -([this FAQ entry explains why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b96f48bc9c925074be9f95c0fce69bcece5f6e73)). -Instead, clone the bare repository as mentioned above, and push -**only** to the bare repository. - -The ikiwiki `post-update` hook should be put in the bare repository. - ## git repository with multiple committers It can be tricky to get the permissions right to allow multiple people to commit to an ikiwiki git repository. As the [[security]] page mentions, for a secure ikiwiki installation, only one person should be able to write to ikiwiki's srcdir. When other committers make commits, their commits -should go to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook that uses -ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir. +should be pushed to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook +that uses ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir. One setup that will work is to put all committers in a group (say, "ikiwiki"), and use permissions to allow that group to commit to the bare git @@ -121,7 +78,8 @@ usernames of the untrusted committers. Note that when the `pre-receive` hook is checking incoming changes, it ignores the git authorship information, and uses the username of the unix -user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages` [[PageSpec]] +user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages` +[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] are checked to see if that user can edit the pages in the commit. You can even set up an [[anonymous_user|tips/untrusted_git_push]], to allow @@ -129,7 +87,7 @@ anyone to push changes in via git rather than using the web interface. ## Optionally using a local wiki to preview changes -When working on the "working clones" to add content to your wiki, +When working on your wiki, it is common (but optional) practice to preview your changes using a private wiki on the local host before publishing the updates by sending it to the root repository. If you do want to setup a private @@ -150,39 +108,11 @@ is the normal behaviour of ikiwiki, set the configuration of the local wiki: git_wrapper => "/working/dir/.git/hooks/post-commit", Then just committing should refresh the private ikiwiki on the local -host. Now just run `ikiwiki -setup localwiki.setup -getctime` and -you should be good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option +host. Now just run `ikiwiki -setup localwiki.setup -gettime` and +you should be good to go. (You only need the slow `-gettime` option the first time you run setup.) Use standard git commands to handle -pulling from and pushing to the server. **Note**: Currently, after +pulling from and pushing to the server. **Note**: After pulling changes from the bare root repository, you will need to manually update the local wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki --setup localwiki.setup -refresh`. This is because git 1.5.4 doesn't -have a hook that is run locally after pulling changes. Newer -versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should work for -this purpose. - -## Fix for error on git pull origin - -Error message when running git pull origin: - - You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you - want to merge with, and 'branch.master.merge' in - your configuration file does not tell me either. Please - name which branch you want to merge on the command line and - try again (e.g. 'git pull '). - See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec. - - If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to - configure the following variables in your configuration - file: - - branch.master.remote = - branch.master.merge = - remote..url = - remote..fetch = - - See git-config(1) for details. - -The solution is to run this command in your srcdir: - - git config branch.master.remote origin +-setup localwiki.setup -refresh`. You could use git's `post-merge` hook +to automate that command.