X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/e087ae639f5a72cce6b4bc08399841c20951cb5f..3ad4d93e33284ad6d51d2fa5f9abf1943b894d48:/doc/setup.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index cd6bfdc9c..eef068dae 100644
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ and that has optional support for commits from the web.
 		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.