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diff --git a/doc/index.mdwn b/doc/index.mdwn index 00a8badf6..92d3c9357 100644 --- a/doc/index.mdwn +++ b/doc/index.mdwn @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ the usual design for a Wiki inside-out and backwards. To use ikiwiki to set up a wiki, you will probably want to use it with a revision control system, such as [[Subversion]], for keeping track of past -versions of pages. ikiwiki can run as a Subversion post-commit hook, so +versions of pages. ikiwiki can run as a Subversion [[post-commit]] hook, so that each committed change to your wiki is immediatly compiled and published. (It can also be run by hand, by cron, or integrated with any other revision control system.) diff --git a/doc/post-commit.mdwn b/doc/post-commit.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6635d3bbd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/post-commit.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Here's an example of how to run ikiwiki in a [[Subversion]] post-commit +hook to automatically update a wiki as commits come in: + + wiki_src=/path/to/checkout + wiki_dest=/path/to/web/server + svn up -q $wiki_src + ikiwiki $wiki_src $wiki_dest --wikiname=MyWiki + +This assumes that permissions allow anyone who commits to svn up the +wiki_src directory and write to wiki_dest. If they don't, you'll need a +suid wrapper to run the above as a user who can write to both. |