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@@ -47,29 +47,26 @@ repositories:
   repositories will push to/pull from.  It is a bare repository, since
   there are problems pushing to a repository that has a working
   directory. This is called _repository_ in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]]'s
-  manual page. 
+  manual page. Nominally, this bare repository has a `post-commit` 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
+  how to do this.
 
-  Nominally, this bare repository has a `post-commit` 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 configuration sections below show how to let the post-commit
-  hook be replaced by the ikiwiki git wrapper.
 * 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 other (third, fourth, fifth, sixth -- however many pleases you)
   repositories are also clones of the bare root repository above --
   and these have a working directory for you to work on. Use either
   the `git` transport (if available), or `ssh`. These repositories may
   be on remote machines, your laptop, whereever you find convenient to
   hack on your wiki. you can commit local changes to the version on
-  the laptop, perhaps while offline. You can browse and edit the wiki
-  using a local web server. Any new content should be pushed to the
+  the laptop, perhaps while offline. Any new content should be pushed to the
   bare master repository when you are ready to publish it, and then
   the post-commit hook of the bare repository will ensure that the
   ikiwiki's source directory is updated, and the ikiwiki refreshed
@@ -107,54 +104,37 @@ repository, should only be writable by the wiki's admin, and *not* by the
 group. Take care that ikiwiki uses a umask that does not cause files in
 the srcdir to become group writable. (umask 022 will work.)
 
-## Configuration of working clone repositories
-
-These are repositories (Clone 1 .. N in the image) usually setup to
-avoid permission problems with the working directory used by ikiwiki
-itself. They also represent the most convenient way to add content to
-the wiki on a different machine (that is, not the machine the wiki is
-published on) which is more convenient.
-
-The use case for these clones is this: If you want to edit your wiki
-on your development box, or on your laptop, you usually set up a clone
-as above. But very often, you also want to test what the changes look
-like, locally, before pushing it to the root repository and publishing
-the wiki for the world to see.
-
-In order to do this, you should another setup file and setup a private
-ikiwiki on the local machine (your laptop, for instance) where you do
-most of your editing.  You will also need to set up a webserver, and
-install ikiwiki on this machine. Only when you are happy with any
-changes do you push them to the root repository.
-
-Here are some things to be aware of when configuring ikiwiki on the
-local machine:
-
-* By default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This is not
-  ideal for the working clones on the local machine, since you might
-  go through several iterations of a page before pushing to the bare
-  root of the repository tree and publishing it on your public
-  wiki. In the configuration, set:
-
-        gitorigin_branch => "",
-        ## git post-commit wrapper
-        wrapper => "/working/dir/.git/hooks/post-commit",
-
-  Then just committing should refresh the private ikiwiki on the local
-  host.
-
-* You can optionally enable to the [[plugins/mirrorlist]] plugin,
-  and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the
-  server.
-
-Now just run `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -getctime` and you should be
-good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option the first time you
-run setup.)
-
-Use standard git commands to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.
-
-Note: Currently, after pulling changes, you will need to manually update
-the wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -refresh`. This
-is because git 1.5.4 doesn't have a hook that is run locally after pulling
-changes. Newer versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should
-work for this purpose.
+## Optionally using a local wiki to preview changes
+
+When working on the "working clones" to add content to your wiki,
+it is common (but optional) practice to preview your changes using a
+private wiki on the local host before publishing the updates by
+sending it to the root repository. If you do want to setup a private
+wiki, you will have to have another setup file and and an ikiwiki
+installation on your local machine. You will need all the packages
+this implies -- a web server, git, ikiwiki, etc.  However, there is a
+_caveat_: by default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This is
+not ideal for the working clones on the local machine, since you might
+go through several iterations of a page before pushing to the bare
+root of the repository tree (and thus publishing it on your public wiki).
+You do not want the action of refreshing the local wiki in order to
+review your work to accidentally publish the
+contents before you are ready. In order to prevent the git push that
+is the normal behaviour of ikiwiki, set the configuration of the local wiki:
+
+      gitorigin_branch => "",
+      ## git post-commit wrapper
+      wrapper => "/working/dir/.git/hooks/post-commit",
+
+Then just committing should refresh the private ikiwiki on the local
+host.  Now just run `ikiwiki -setup localwiki.setup -getctime` and
+you should be good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option
+the first time you run setup.)  Use standard git commands to handle
+pulling from and pushing to the server.  **Note**: Currently, after
+pulling changes from the bare root repository, you will need to
+manually update the local wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki
+-setup localwiki.setup -refresh`. This is because git 1.5.4 doesn't
+have a hook that is run locally after pulling changes. Newer
+versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should work for
+this purpose.
+