important robustness fix

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / setup.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index f93f71fe1fa47a060ed940d19899d3fc95a809d0..eef068daea21f0e5e89b880c835a8d61871c67b5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -9,17 +9,21 @@ and that has optional support for commits from the web.
                # 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
 
 3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
 
                # Subversion
                svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
-
+                
                # Git
                git clone /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
 
@@ -38,11 +42,11 @@ and that has optional support for commits from the web.
                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
@@ -66,13 +70,16 @@ and that has optional support for commits from the web.
    Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
    ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
    `destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
-   hand. `rcsrepo` is the path to your master rcs repository.  Make sure
+   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.
 
-   Note that the default file has a block to configure an Rcs wrapper to
-   update the wiki.  You need to uncomment the related block for whatever
-   rcs you use and comment out the other rcs blocks.
+   If you want to use git, comment out the subversion stuff, uncomment and
+   edit the git stuff.
+
+   Note that the default file has a block to configure an [[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.
@@ -90,14 +97,8 @@ and that has optional support for commits from the web.
    
    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 set `historyurl` to something like this for
-   Subversion:
-
-       `http://svn.host/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki`
-
-   Or this for Git:
-
-       `http://git.host/gitweb.cgi?p=wiki.git;a=history;f=[[file]]`
+   ikiwiki.setup and ucomment the appropriate `historyurl` setting and edit
+   it for your setup.
    
    Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.