X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/c64c4b99626286ee08f67999a18c43c769e21e6a..74e0c83a951ea9d1b5b0a068374086f71a04b593:/doc/usage.mdwn diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index db1e36a10..2f87d60d5 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -120,10 +120,11 @@ also be configured using a setup file. * --templatedir dir - Specify the directory that the page [[templates|wikitemplates]] are stored in. + Specify the directory that [[templates|templates]] are stored in. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as configured at build time. If the templatedir is changed, missing templates will still - be searched for in the default location as a fallback. + be searched for in the default location as a fallback. Templates can also be + placed in the "templates/" subdirectory of the srcdir. Note that if you choose to copy and modify ikiwiki's templates, you will need to be careful to keep them up to date when upgrading to new versions of @@ -320,18 +321,16 @@ also be configured using a setup file. intercepted. If you enable this option then you must run at least the CGI portion of ikiwiki over SSL. -* --getctime +* --gettime, --no-gettime - Pull creation time for each new page out of the revision control - system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation - times of items in weblogs, such as when building a wiki from a new - VCS checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used - with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages. + Extract creation and modification times for each new page from the + the revision control's log. This is done automatically when building a + wiki for the first time, so you normally do not need to use this option. * --set var=value This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it - were set via a setup file. Since most options commonly used options can be + were set via a setup file. Since most commonly used options can be configured using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this. * --set-yaml var=value