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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
 
 * --wrapper [file]
 
-  Generate a [[wrapper]] binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by
+  Generate a wrapper binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by
   the other options, using the specified input files and `destination`
   directory. The filename to use for the wrapper is optional.
 
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ These options configure the wiki.
 
   The name of the wiki, default is "wiki".
 
-* --fixctime
-
-  Pull last changed time for all pages out of the revision control system.
-  This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation times of
-  items in weblogs, for example when building a wiki from a new subversion
-  checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow.
-
 * --templatedir
 
   Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in.
@@ -92,17 +85,34 @@ These options configure the wiki.
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 
-* --svn, --nosvn
+* --notify
+
+  Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
+  ikiwiki as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook.
+
+* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs
+
+  Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
 
-  Enable or disable use of [[subversion]]. If subversion is enabled, the
-  `source` directory is assumed to be a working copy, and is automatically
-  updated before building the wiki. 
+  If you use svn ([[Subversion]]), the `source` directory is assumed to be
+  a working copy, and is automatically updated before building the wiki.
 
-  In [[CGI]] mode, with subversion enabled pages edited via the web will be
-  committed to subversion. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
+  In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled pages edited via
+  the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
   on pages.
 
-  Subversion is enabled by default.
+  svn is enabled by default.
+
+* --svnrepo /svn/wiki
+
+  Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required
+  for using --notify with [[subversion]].
+
+* --svnpath trunk
+
+  Specify the path inside your svn reporistory where the wiki is located.
+  This defaults to trunk; change it if your wiki is at some other location
+  inside the repository.
 
 * --anonok, --noanonok
 
@@ -113,23 +123,28 @@ These options configure the wiki.
 * --rss, --norss
 
   If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline
-  a blog.
+  a [[blog]].
 
-* --url http://someurl/
+* --url http://url/
 
   Specifies the url to the wiki. This is a required parameter in [[CGI]] mode.
 
-* --cgiurl http://someurl/ikiwiki.cgi
+* --cgiurl http://url/ikiwiki.cgi
 
-  Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script [[wrapper]]. Required when building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
+  Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script wrapper. Required when
+  building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
 
-* --historyurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki
+* --historyurl http://url/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki
 
   Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url,
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use
   [[ViewCVS]] for this.
 
-* --diffurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki&r1=\[[r1]]&r2=\[[r2]]
+* --adminemail you@yourhost
+
+  Specifies the email address that ikiwiki should use for sending email.
+
+* --diffurl http://url/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki&r1=\[[r1]]&r2=\[[r2]]
 
   Specifies the url to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the url,
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old
@@ -147,14 +162,37 @@ These options configure the wiki.
   Currently allows locking of any page, other powers may be added later.
   May be specified multiple times for multiple admins.
 
-* --hyperestraier
+* --plugin name
+
+  Enables the use of the specified plugin in the wiki. See [[plugins]] for
+  details. Note that plugin names are case sensative.
+
+* --disable-plugin name
+
+  Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
+  to do away with html sanitization.
+
+* --discussion, --no-discussion
 
-  Enables use of the [[HyperEstraier]] search engine for full test page
-  searches.
+  Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
+  every page. The links are enabled by default.
+
+* --timeformat format
+
+  Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the
+  strftime(3) function.
 
 * --verbose
 
-  Be vebose about what it's doing.
+  Be vebose about what is being done.
+
+* --getctime
+
+  Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control
+  system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation
+  times of items in weblogs, for example when building a wiki from a new
+  subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
+  with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
 
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