X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/97dfdf8c64673912c09b079da4c612506e036677..8ad04fcc98a62ef2bcfda5d74f23eadf3a6f5b2f:/doc/rcs/git.mdwn diff --git a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn index f97131742..b4f639c61 100644 --- a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn @@ -1,33 +1,42 @@ -[[meta title="Git"]] +[[!meta title="Git"]] [Git][git] is a distributed revison control system originally developed for the Linux kernel. Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in git. [git]: http://git.or.cz/ -Ikiwiki can run as a `post-update` hook to update a wiki whenever commits -come in. When running as a [[cgi]] with Git, ikiwiki automatically -commits edited pages, and uses the Git history to generate the -[[RecentChanges]] page. +Ikiwiki can run as a git `post-update` hook to update a wiki +whenever commits come in. When running as a [[cgi]], +ikiwiki automatically commits edited pages, and uses the +git history to generate the [[RecentChanges]] page. + +Normally you can just follow the instructions in [[setup]] to create +the git repositories and get started. To understand the details, read on. ## git repository setup -When using Git, you probably want to set up two repositories, of which -one should be bare (meaning that it does not have a working tree -checked out), and the other one with a working tree will be used as -ikiwiki's srcdir for compiling the wiki. [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] can automate -setting this up. Using a pair of repositories isn't the most obvious set up, -but it works the best for typical ikiwiki use. -[[tips/Laptop_wiki_with_git]] describes a different way to set up ikiwiki -and git. +[[!img wiki_edit_flow.svg size=490x align=right]] + +The suggested setup for git has a bare repository, and various +working clones (with working directories). The bare +repository is pushed to and pulled from the various working clones. + +One of the clones is special; it is the srcdir +which is used to compile the wiki, and is also used by the +[[cgi]] to commit changes made via the web interface. It is special +since the `post-update` hook for the bare root repository is used to +trigger an update of this repository, and then an ikiwiki refresh +updates the published wiki itself. -It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the non-bare repository -([this FAQ entry explains why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b96f48bc9c925074be9f95c0fce69bcece5f6e73)). -Instead, if you want to work on the wiki from a remote machine, clone -the bare repository, using either the `git` transport (if available), or -`ssh`. +The other (optional) clones are meant for you to work +on, and commit to, changes should then be pushed to the bare root +repository. -The ikiwiki `post-commit` hook should be put in the bare repository. +Using three or more repositories isn't the most obvious set up, but +it works the best for typical ikiwiki use. [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] can +automate setting this up for the common case where there is no +pre-existing wiki. [[tips/Laptop_wiki_with_git]] describes a different +way to set up ikiwiki and git. ## git repository with multiple committers @@ -35,8 +44,8 @@ It can be tricky to get the permissions right to allow multiple people to commit to an ikiwiki git repository. As the [[security]] page mentions, for a secure ikiwiki installation, only one person should be able to write to ikiwiki's srcdir. When other committers make commits, their commits -should go to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook that uses -ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir. +should be pushed to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook +that uses ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir. One setup that will work is to put all committers in a group (say, "ikiwiki"), and use permissions to allow that group to commit to the bare git @@ -47,3 +56,63 @@ be setgid to the right group. Then the srcdir, including its git repository, should only be writable by the wiki's admin, and *not* by the group. Take care that ikiwiki uses a umask that does not cause files in the srcdir to become group writable. (umask 022 will work.) + +## git repository with untrusted committers + +By default, anyone who can commit to the git repository can modify any file +on the wiki however they like. A `pre-receive` hook can be set up to limit +incoming commits from untrusted users. Then the same limits that are placed +on edits via the web will be in effect for commits to git for the users. +They will not be allowed to edit locked pages, they will only be able to +delete pages that the [[plugins/remove]] configuration allows them to +remove, and they will only be allowed to add non-page attachments that the +[[plugins/attachment]] configuration allows. + +To enable this, you need to set up the git repository to have multiple +committers. Trusted committers, including the user that ikiwiki runs as, +will not have their commits checked by the `pre-receive` hook. Untrusted +committers will have their commits checked. The configuration settings to +enable are `git_test_receive_wrapper`, which enables generation of a +`pre-receive` hook, and `untrusted_committers`, which is a list of +usernames of the untrusted committers. + +Note that when the `pre-receive` hook is checking incoming changes, it +ignores the git authorship information, and uses the username of the unix +user who made the commit. Then tests including the `locked_pages` +[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] +are checked to see if that user can edit the pages in the commit. + +You can even set up an [[anonymous_user|tips/untrusted_git_push]], to allow +anyone to push changes in via git rather than using the web interface. + +## Optionally using a local wiki to preview changes + +When working on your wiki, +it is common (but optional) practice to preview your changes using a +private wiki on the local host before publishing the updates by +sending it to the root repository. If you do want to setup a private +wiki, you will have to have another setup file and and an ikiwiki +installation on your local machine. You will need all the packages +this implies -- a web server, git, ikiwiki, etc. However, there is a +_caveat_: by default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This is +not ideal for the working clones on the local machine, since you might +go through several iterations of a page before pushing to the bare +root of the repository tree (and thus publishing it on your public wiki). +You do not want the action of refreshing the local wiki in order to +review your work to accidentally publish the +contents before you are ready. In order to prevent the git push that +is the normal behaviour of ikiwiki, set the configuration of the local wiki: + + gitorigin_branch => "", + ## git post-commit wrapper + git_wrapper => "/working/dir/.git/hooks/post-commit", + +Then just committing should refresh the private ikiwiki on the local +host. Now just run `ikiwiki -setup localwiki.setup -gettime` and +you should be good to go. (You only need the slow `-gettime` option +the first time you run setup.) Use standard git commands to handle +pulling from and pushing to the server. **Note**: After +pulling changes from the bare root repository, you will need to +manually update the local wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki +-setup localwiki.setup -refresh`. You could use git's `post-merge` hook +to automate that command.