X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/d2b0ac88a7c0c0b60a5c6e42e0024dc0b1ad3b87..8df24a447d9bcae138873bc076432e6a69946d7f:/doc/post-commit.mdwn diff --git a/doc/post-commit.mdwn b/doc/post-commit.mdwn index 8def3d751..18eae1735 100644 --- a/doc/post-commit.mdwn +++ b/doc/post-commit.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,7 @@ -A post-commit hook is run every time you commit a change to your -[[subversion]] (or [[git]]) repository. To make the wiki be updated each -time a commit is made, it can be run from (or as) a post-commit hook. +If your wiki is kept in [[revision_control|rcs]], a post-commit hook is run +every time you commit a change to your repository. -The best way to run ikiwiki in a post-commit hook is using a wrapper, which -ikiwiki is usually configured to generate using a setup file. +ikiwiki generates the "post-commit hook" once you've uncommented the relevant section (under wrappers) in the ikiwiki.setup. The generated wrapper is a C program that is designed to safely be made suid if necessary. It's hardcoded to run ikiwiki with the settings @@ -16,4 +14,4 @@ your wiki checkout and html directory. If so, you can safely make the wrapper suid to a user who can write there (*not* to root!). You might want to read [[Security]] first. -[[Setup]] explains setting this up in more detail. +[[Setup]] explains setting this up from the start and see [[rcs/details]] to know more.