recommend using the git setup documented in the setup page and not this

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / rcs / git / discussion.mdwn

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@@ -21,4 +21,13 @@ Then, in my git repository, I added this `post-commit` hook to refresh the wiki:
 
        ikiwiki --refresh --setup "$SETUPFILE" --underlaydir="$UNDERLAYDIR" --verbose   
 
-UlrikSverdrup
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+Positives:
+
+* Containment: I only have the above `$BASE` directory to backup: it contains the srcdir and setup files. No external svn repository. This means that suddenly `git` and `ikiwiki` pair into a stand-alone self-contained wiki compiler kit.
+
+UlrikSverdrup (This is now crossposted to the above mentioned [website][ulrikweb])
+
+[ulrikweb]: http://www.student.lu.se/~cif04usv/wiki/stuff/git.html
+
+> Note that while the post-commit hook above may work in some situations, it *will* fail (or at least be suboptimal) for web commits. If you're setting up ikiwiki and git for a wiki that allows web commits, you should use
+> the repository and hook setups in documented in [[setup]] instead. With that method, you do end up with two separate git repos; but it's fine to only back one of them up. :-) --[[Joey]]