web commit by BartMassey: more discussion of GIT fixes

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@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
   Specify the path inside your svn repository where the wiki is located.
   This defaults to `trunk`; change it if your wiki is at some other path
-  inside the repository.
+  inside the repository. If your wiki is rooted at the top of the repository,
+  set svnpath to "".
 
 * --rss, --norss
 
@@ -228,6 +229,12 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
   to do away with HTML sanitization.
 
+* --libdir directory
+
+  Makes ikiwiki look in the specified directory first, before the regular perl
+  library directories. For example, if you set libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/",
+  you can install plugins in "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/".
+
 * --discussion, --no-discussion
 
   Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
@@ -235,8 +242,9 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --numbacklinks n
 
-  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed maximum. Excess backlinks
-  will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10.
+  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed at the bottom of a page.
+  Excess backlinks will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to
+  disable this feature.
 
 * --userdir subdir
 
@@ -244,6 +252,10 @@ configuration options of their own.
   subdirectory of the wiki. The default is to link to pages in the toplevel
   directory of the wiki.
 
+* --htmlext html
+
+  Configures the extension used for generated html files. Default is "html".
+
 * --timeformat format
 
   Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the