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diff --git a/doc/rcs.mdwn b/doc/rcs.mdwn index f66b85495..cd41e7f49 100644 --- a/doc/rcs.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs.mdwn @@ -7,10 +7,27 @@ Ikiwiki started out supporting only [[Subversion|svn]], but the interface ikiwiki uses to a revision control system is sufficiently simple and generic that it can be adapted to work with many systems by writing a [[plugin|plugins/write]]. [[Subversion|svn]] is still a recommended choice; -[[git]] is another well-tested option. +[[git]] is another well-tested option. -These are all the supported revision control systems: -[[!inline pages="rcs/* and !*/Discussion and !rcs/details" archive=yes]] +While all supported revision control systems work well enough for basic use, +some advanced or special features are not supported in all of them. +Lack of support in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] or auto.setup can make it harder to +set up a wiki using that revision control system. The `rcs_commit_staged` +hook is needed to use [[plugins/attachments]] or [[plugins/comments]]. And so +on. The table below summarises this for each revision control system and links +to more information about each. + +[[!table data=""" +feature |[[git]]|[[svn]]|[[bzr]] |[[monotone]]|[[mercurial]]|[[darcs]]|[[tla]] |[[cvs]] +[[ikiwiki-makerepo]]|yes |yes |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes +auto.setup |yes |yes |incomplete|yes |incomplete |yes |incomplete|yes +`rcs_commit_staged` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes +`rcs_rename` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes +`rcs_remove` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes +`rcs_diff` |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |yes |yes +anonymous push |yes |no |no |no |no |no |no |no +conflict handling |yes |yes |yes |buggy |yes |yes |yes |yes +"""]] There is a page with [[details]] about how the different systems work with ikiwiki, for the curious. |