X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/f0d7a5ee1a9fe6ea28b63544904e5126faad12ec..299455ab27c43edad3827a79e3f3ffab2f41fb5b:/doc/setup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index df553cfb3..dd1a9be8c 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,44 +1,99 @@ -So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This turorial will walk -you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] and that has -optional support for commits from the web. +So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This tutorial will walk +you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]], +[[TLA]] or [[Mercurial]], and that has optional support for commits from the web. -1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. +1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it. - apt-get install ikiwiki # soon - - Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following - perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` `HTML::Template` - -2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki. +2. Create the master rcs repository for your wiki. + # Subversion svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create + + # Git + mkdir /git/wikirepo + cd /git/wikirepo + git init-db + # Git requires something be in the repo to start with. + cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn . + git add . + git commit -m create -a + # No need to keep files in the master repository; so at this + # stage, you may want to remove all files (except .git) to + # save disk space. + + # TLA + mkdir /tla + tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki /tla/wikirepo + tla my-id "" + + # Mercurial + hg init /hg/wikirepo 3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use. + # Subversion svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc - -4. Create some files and add them into subversion. Or you might copy the - files from /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki and check those in to get a - head start on creating your wiki. - - echo "Welcome to my empty wiki." > ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn - echo "Feel free to edit this page" > ~/wikiwc/sandbox.mdwn - svn add ~/wikiwc/*.mdwn - svn commit ~/wikiwc -m add - -5. Build your wiki for the first time. - - ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ \ - /usr/share/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ - - Replace the url with the right url to your wiki. You should now - be able to visit the url and see your page that you created earlier. + + # Git + # Create a local clone to save disk space and also to + # optimize performance. See git-clone(1). + git clone -l -s /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc + + # TLA + mkdir ~/wikiwc + cd ~/wikiwc + tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0 + tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0 + # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious + # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp. + tla import + + # Mercurial + # Mercurial uses a single repo approach, so no need to + # clone anything. Because the following examples + # refer to the ~/wikiwc working copy we symlink it: + ln -s /hg/wikirepo ~/wikiwc + +4. Build your wiki for the first time. + + ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \ + --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ + + Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now + be able to visit the url and see your wiki. + +5. Customise your wiki. The files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/` are + used if you don't have a custom version, so let's start by making a + custom version of the wiki's index page: + + cd ~/wikiwc + cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn . + $EDITOR index.mdwn + + # Subversion + svn add index.mdwn + svn commit -m customised index.mdwn + + # Git + git add index.mdwn + git commit -m customised index.mdwn + git push origin + + # TLA + tla add index.mdwn + tla commit + + # Mercurial + hg add index.mdwn + hg commit -m customised index.mdwn + + You can also add any files you like from scratch of course. 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as - --wikiname too. Get confortable with its command line. + `--wikiname` and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line + (see [[usage]]). 7. By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. And it's @@ -49,15 +104,19 @@ optional support for commits from the web. `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as - ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir`, - `templatedir` and `destdir` are the three directories you specify when - running ikiwiki by hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion - repository. Make sure that all of these are pointing to the right - directories, and read through and configure the rest of the file to your - liking. + ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and + `destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by + hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion repository. Make sure + that all of these are pointing to the right directories, and read + through and configure the rest of the file to your liking. + + If you want to use something other than subversion, comment out the + subversion configuration, and uncomment and edit the configuration for + your chosen RCS. - Note that the default file has a block to configure a svn wrapper. This - sets up a [[post-commit]] hook to update the wiki. + Note that the default file has a block to configure a [[post-commit]] + wrapper to update the wiki. You need to uncomment the related block for + whatever RCS you use and comment out the other rcs blocks. When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it will set everything up and update your wiki. @@ -69,13 +128,15 @@ optional support for commits from the web. `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done! 9. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have - setup [[ViewCVS]] or something similar to access your [[Subversion]] - repository. The `historyurl` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and - in that url, "[[]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So - edit ikiwiki.setup and set `historyurl` to something like this: - - `http://svn.host/trunk/[[]]?root=wiki` + setup a repository browser. For Subversion, you may use [[ViewCVS]] or + something similar to access your [[Subversion]] repository. For Git, + [[Gitweb]] can be used, etc. + + The `historyurl` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and in that url, + "\[[file]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So edit + ikiwiki.setup and ucomment the appropriate `historyurl` setting and edit + it for your setup. Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again. -10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]] +10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]].