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diff --git a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn index 000eb0b3c..c627792d7 100644 --- a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn +++ b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn @@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ 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. +repository. So, to reiterate, when using Git, you probably want to set up three repositories: @@ -41,9 +36,9 @@ 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 + git does not support 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-update` hook + manual page. This bare repository has a `post-update` 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 @@ -51,10 +46,11 @@ repositories: * 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 wiki. **Never** push to this repository. It is wise to not make + changes or commits directly to this repository, to avoid conflicting + with ikiwiki's own changes. 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 -- @@ -87,8 +83,8 @@ It can be tricky to get the permissions right to allow multiple people to commit to an ikiwiki git repository. As the [[security]] page mentions, for a secure ikiwiki installation, only one person should be able to write to ikiwiki's srcdir. When other committers make commits, their commits -should go to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook that uses -ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir. +should be pushed to the bare repository, which has a `post-update` hook +that uses ikiwiki to pull the changes to the srcdir. One setup that will work is to put all committers in a group (say, "ikiwiki"), and use permissions to allow that group to commit to the bare git |