web commit by BartMassey: more discussion of GIT fixes

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

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@@ -8,3 +8,18 @@ they import. --Ethan
 > although probably too much noise for the setup instructions.
 > I've switched to a different method that preserves .ikiwiki, w/o checking
 > it in. --[[Joey]]
+
+These instructions should probably show how to use a bare Git repository
+(`GIT_DIR=somewhere.git git-init-db`) rather than a repository with a full
+working copy. You can always clone the repository if you want your own local
+working copy. Furthermore, this allows you to make multiple commits to your
+working copy before pushing them to the repository and causing the wiki to
+update. --[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+Furthermore the git instructions should be changed to move the *.ikiwiki*
+directory back into the wiki's working copy directory, isn't it? --[[tschwinge]]
+Yes, I think so.  I will clean these instructions up unless somebody tells me we're missing something fundamental. --[[BartMassey]]
+
+Curious as to why support for CVS is not built in. --[[Luther]]
+
+> See [[todo/CVS_backend|todo/CVS_backend]], but you might consider switching to a better version control system. --[[JoshTriplett]]
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