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+A post-commit hook is run every time you commit a change to your subversion
+repository. To make the wiki be updated each time a commit is made, it can
+be run from (or as) a post-commit hook.
+
 The best way to run ikiwiki in a [[Subversion]] post-commit hook is using
 a wrapper, which can be generated using `ikiwiki --wrapper`.
 
@@ -24,3 +28,5 @@ getting called by users who have write access to subversion, but not to
 your wiki checkout and html directory. If so, you can safely make
 ikiwiki-wrap suid to a user who can write there (*not* to root!). You might
 want to read [[Security]] first.
+
+[[setup]] explains setting this up in more detail.