X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/df66288c4db6f670e3c258058712c9835f0ebf20..f54b5f583dfcb1f908b33d1687782ce8a2bfb30d:/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 index e85f7d12b..857083325 100644 --- 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 +54,26 @@ 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. +When you want to update the server from the laptop, do a `git push` from +within the laptop's bare repository. + +To update the laptop from the server, add a section for the laptop to the config file of the server's bare repository: + + [remote "laptop"] + fetch = +refs/*:refs/* + url = me@laptop:/path/to/bare/repository + +Then do a `git push laptop` from within the server's bare repository.