X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/df66288c4db6f670e3c258058712c9835f0ebf20..4e7b7a178890eb8d28edcd2e6ab2763c9a3988e5:/doc/tips/laptop_wiki_with_git.mdwn

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
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version on the laptop, perhaps while offline. You can browse and edit the
 wiki using a local web server. When you're ready, you can manually push the
 changes to the main wiki on the server.
 
-## Original approach
+## simple clone approach
 
 First, set up the wiki on the server, if it isn't already. Nothing special
 needs to be done here, just follow the regular instructions in [[setup]]
@@ -54,13 +54,18 @@ If you'd like it to automatically update when changes are merged in, you
 can simply make a symlink `post-merge` hook pointing at the `post-update`
 hook ikiwiki created.
 
-## Alternative Approach
+## bare mirror approach
 
 As above, set up a normal ikiwiki on the server, with the usual bare repository.
 
 Next, `git clone --mirror server:/path/to/bare/repository`
 
-This will be used as the $REPOSITORY on the laptop.  Then you can follow the instructions in [[setup by hand|/setup/byhand]] as per a normal ikiwiki installation.
-This means that you can clone from the local bare repository as many times as you want (thus being able to have a repository which is used by the ikiwiki CGI, and another which you can use for updating via git).
+This will be used as the $REPOSITORY on the laptop.  Then you can follow
+the instructions in [[setup by hand|/setup/byhand]] as per a normal ikiwiki
+installation. This means that you can clone from the local bare repository
+as many times as you want (thus being able to have a repository which is
+used by the ikiwiki CGI, and another which you can use for updating via
+git).
 
-When you want to update the server from the laptop, do a `git push` from within the laptop's bare repository, and likewise do a `git pull` to update the laptop from the server.
+Use standard git commands, run in the laptop's bare git repository
+to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.