note how you need to actually set the git_wrapper so that a regular --setup will...

diff --git a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn
index f10a941c3a4aeb73a1bea08fb9c85acd4bbc85ba..1aa54cf24198a0eac01c8452f552a5a6858f2fbf 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn
+++ b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ repositories:
   git does not support pushing to a repository that has a working
   directory. This is called _repository_ in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s
   manual page. This bare repository has a `post-update` hook
-  that either is or calls ikiwiki's git wrapper, which changes to the
+  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.
+  how to do this, but note, if you are importing from an existing git repository, that ikiwiki will not create the `git_wrapper` unless its path is explicitely set in your `.setup` file.
 
 * 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