X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/ddfa16145ac4c9938606104b685b382e2acd2f05..65f902df434def7979fac6504cbc5d885d6061ec:/doc/rcs/git.mdwn diff --git a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn index 38a418a5b..98daf66da 100644 --- a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[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. @@ -12,20 +12,76 @@ commits edited pages, and uses the Git history to generate the ## 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. +The suggested setup for git is a set of repositories setup like a +shallow, single level tree, with a bare repository (meaning that it +does not have a working tree checked out) at the root, and various +working clones (with working directories) as leaf nodes. The root +(bare) repository is meant to be pushed to and pulled from the various +working clones. The image below displays the relationship between the +root repository and the clone repositories (this is not a directory +layout): + +![Git repository relationships](http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/ikiwiki_git.png) + +One of the leaf node clone repositories is special; it has working +directory which is used to compile the wiki from, and is also used by the +[[cgi]] to commit changes made via the web interface. It is special +since the `post-commit` 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. + +The other (optional) leaf node repositories are meant for you to work +on, and commit to, changes should then be pushed to the bare root +repository. In theory, you could work on the same leaf node repository +that ikiwiki uses to compile the wiki from, and the [[cgi]] commits +to, as long as you ensure that permissions and ownership don't hinder +the working of the [[cgi]]. This can be done, for example, by using +ACL's, in practice, it is easier to just setup separate clones for +yourself. + +So, to reiterate, when using Git, you probably want to set up three +repositories: + +* The root repository. This should be a bare repository (meaning that + it does not have a working tree checked out), which the other + repositories will push to/pull from. It is a bare repository, since + there are problems pushing to a repository that has a working + directory. This is called _repository_ in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s + manual page. Nominally, this bare repository has a `post-commit` hook + that either is or calls ikiwiki's git wrapper, which changes to the + working directory for ikiwiki, does a _git pull_, and refreshes ikiwiki + to regenerate the wiki with any new content. The [[setup]] page describes + how to do this. + +* The second repository is a clone of the bare root repository, and + has a working tree which is used as ikiwiki's srcdir for compiling + the wiki. **Never** push to this repository. When running as a + [[cgi]], the changes are committed to this repository, and pushed to + the master repository above. This is called _srcdir_ in + [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s manual page. + +* The other (third, fourth, fifth, sixth -- however many pleases you) + repositories are also clones of the bare root repository above -- + and these have a working directory for you to work on. Use either + the `git` transport (if available), or `ssh`. These repositories may + be on remote machines, your laptop, whereever you find convenient to + hack on your wiki. you can commit local changes to the version on + the laptop, perhaps while offline. Any new content should be pushed to the + bare master repository when you are ready to publish it, and then + the post-commit hook of the bare repository will ensure that the + ikiwiki's source directory is updated, and the ikiwiki refreshed + with the new content. + +Using three or more of 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. It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the non-bare repository -([this FAQ entry explains why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b6a3d85f677763313159eb39f7dbf4579d4ee28b)). -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`. +([this FAQ entry explains why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b96f48bc9c925074be9f95c0fce69bcece5f6e73)). +Instead, clone the bare repository as mentioned above, and push +**only** to the bare repository. The ikiwiki `post-commit` hook should be put in the bare repository. @@ -47,3 +103,38 @@ 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.) + +## Optionally using a local wiki to preview changes + +When working on the "working clones" to add content to 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 + 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 -getctime` and +you should be good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option +the first time you run setup.) Use standard git commands to handle +pulling from and pushing to the server. **Note**: Currently, 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`. This is because git 1.5.4 doesn't +have a hook that is run locally after pulling changes. Newer +versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should work for +this purpose. +