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0. Decide on a name
- `reponame=hello`
1. Make a new git bare repo:
- - `cd /srv/git` (or some other place for storing bare repos, just keep in mind you need to change the git wrapper later)
+ - `cd /srv/git` (or some other place for storing bare repos, just keep in mind you need to change the git wrapper in the setup file later)
- `GIT_DIR=$reponame.git git init --shared # shared being useful if you want this to be multi-user, harmless otherwise`
- edit `$reponame.git/description` to show an appropriate description in GitWeb/cgit
2. Make a clone for yourself to work with:
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
- `git config branch.master.remote origin`
- `git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master`
3. Make a clone for Ikiwiki:
- - `cd /srv/ikiwiki` (or some other place, just keep in mind you need to change `srcdir` later)
+ - `cd /srv/ikiwiki` (or some other place, just keep in mind you need to change `srcdir` in the setup file later)
- `git clone --shared /srv/git/$reponame`
- `curl http://piny.be/jrayhawk/notes/examplewiki.setup | sed 's/\<examplewiki\>/$reponame/g' > $reponame.setup # feel free to put the setup file anywhere`
- Tweak other settings in `$reponame.setup` (like wikiname, adminemail, urls, and add_plugins) as desired.
4. Make a destination directory for rendered files:
- - `sudo mkdir /var/www/$reponame` (or some other place, just keep in mind you need to change destdir now)
+ - `mkdir /var/www/$reponame` (or some other place, just keep in mind you need to change destdir in the setup file now)
5. Render
- - `sudo -u ikiwiki ikiwiki --setup $reponame.setup`
+ - `ikiwiki --setup $reponame.setup`
+
+If you need to make further changes, `edit /srv/ikiwiki/$reponame.setup` and run `ikiwiki --setup /srv/ikiwiki/$reponame.setup --rebuild`