[git]: http://git.or.cz/
-Ikiwiki can run as a `post-update` hook to update a wiki whenever commits
-come in. When running as a [[cgi]] with Git, ikiwiki automatically
-commits edited pages, and uses the Git history to generate the
-[[RecentChanges]] page.
+Ikiwiki can run as a git `post-update` hook to update a wiki
+whenever commits come in. When running as a [[cgi]],
+ikiwiki automatically commits edited pages, and uses the
+git history to generate the [[RecentChanges]] page.
## git repository setup
+[[!img wiki_edit_flow.svg size=490x align=right]]
+
The suggested setup for git is a set of repositories setup like a
shallow, single level tree, with a bare repository (meaning that it
does not have a working tree checked out) at the root, and various
(bare) repository is meant to be pushed to and pulled from the various
working clones.
-One of the leaf node clone repositories is special; it has working
-directory which is used to compile the wiki from, and is also used by the
+One of the leaf node clone repositories is special; it has srcdir
+which is used to compile the wiki, and is also used by the
[[cgi]] to commit changes made via the web interface. It is special
-since the `post-commit` hook for the bare root repository is used to
+since the `post-update` hook for the bare root repository is used to
trigger an update of this repository, and then an ikiwiki refresh
updates the published wiki itself.
The other (optional) leaf node repositories are meant for you to work
on, and commit to, changes should then be pushed to the bare root
-repository. In theory, you could work on the same leaf node repository
-that ikiwiki uses to compile the wiki from, and the [[cgi]] commits
-to, as long as you ensure that permissions and ownership don't hinder
-the working of the [[cgi]]. This can be done, for example, by using
-ACL's, in practice, it is easier to just setup separate clones for
-yourself.
-
-So, to reiterate, when using Git, you probably want to set up three
-repositories:
-
-* The root repository. This should be a bare repository (meaning that
- it does not have a working tree checked out), which the other
- repositories will push to/pull from. It is a bare repository, since
- there are problems pushing to a repository that has a working
- directory. This is called _repository_ in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s
- manual page. Nominally, this bare repository has a `post-commit` hook
- that either is or calls ikiwiki's git wrapper, which changes to the
- working directory for ikiwiki, does a _git pull_, and refreshes ikiwiki
- to regenerate the wiki with any new content. The [[setup]] page describes
- how to do this.
-
-* The second repository is a clone of the bare root repository, and
- has a working tree which is used as ikiwiki's srcdir for compiling
- the wiki. **Never** push to this repository. When running as a
- [[cgi]], the changes are committed to this repository, and pushed to
- the master repository above. This is called _srcdir_ in
- [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s manual page.
-
-* The other (third, fourth, fifth, sixth -- however many pleases you)
- repositories are also clones of the bare root repository above --
- and these have a working directory for you to work on. Use either
- the `git` transport (if available), or `ssh`. These repositories may
- be on remote machines, your laptop, whereever you find convenient to
- hack on your wiki. you can commit local changes to the version on
- the laptop, perhaps while offline. Any new content should be pushed to the
- bare master repository when you are ready to publish it, and then
- the post-commit hook of the bare repository will ensure that the
- ikiwiki's source directory is updated, and the ikiwiki refreshed
- with the new content.
+repository.
Using three or more of repositories isn't the most obvious set up, but
it works the best for typical ikiwiki use. [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] can
pre-existing wiki. [[tips/Laptop_wiki_with_git]] describes a different
way to set up ikiwiki and git.
-It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the non-bare repository
-([this FAQ entry explains why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b96f48bc9c925074be9f95c0fce69bcece5f6e73)).
-Instead, clone the bare repository as mentioned above, and push
-**only** to the bare repository.
-
-The ikiwiki `post-commit` hook should be put in the bare repository.
-
## git repository with multiple committers
It can be tricky to get the permissions right to allow multiple people to
commit to an ikiwiki git repository. As the [[security]] page mentions,
for a secure ikiwiki installation, only one person should be able to write
to ikiwiki's srcdir. When other committers make commits, their commits
-should go to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook that uses
-ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir.
+should be pushed to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook
+that uses ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir.
One setup that will work is to put all committers in a group (say,
"ikiwiki"), and use permissions to allow that group to commit to the bare git
Note that when the `pre-receive` hook is checking incoming changes, it
ignores the git authorship information, and uses the username of the unix
-user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages` [[PageSpec]]
+user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages`
+[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]
are checked to see if that user can edit the pages in the commit.
You can even set up an [[anonymous_user|tips/untrusted_git_push]], to allow
gitorigin_branch => "",
## git post-commit wrapper
- wrapper => "/working/dir/.git/hooks/post-commit",
+ git_wrapper => "/working/dir/.git/hooks/post-commit",
Then just committing should refresh the private ikiwiki on the local
host. Now just run `ikiwiki -setup localwiki.setup -getctime` and
have a hook that is run locally after pulling changes. Newer
versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should work for
this purpose.
-
-## Fix for error on git pull origin
-
-Error message when running git pull origin:
-
- You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you
- want to merge with, and 'branch.master.merge' in
- your configuration file does not tell me either. Please
- name which branch you want to merge on the command line and
- try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>').
- See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec.
-
- If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to
- configure the following variables in your configuration
- file:
-
- branch.master.remote = <nickname>
- branch.master.merge = <remote-ref>
- remote.<nickname>.url = <url>
- remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>
-
- See git-config(1) for details.
-
-The solution is to run this command in your srcdir:
-
- git config branch.master.remote origin
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