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authorjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2007-09-05 18:44:32 +0000
committerjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2007-09-05 18:44:32 +0000
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web commit by http://natalian.org/: a little clearer
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If your wiki is kept in [[revision_control|rcs]], a post-commit hook is run
-every time you commit a change to your repository. To make the wiki be
-updated each time a commit is made, it can be run from (or as) a
-post-commit hook.
+every time you commit a change to your repository.
-The best way to run ikiwiki in a post-commit hook is using a wrapper, which
-ikiwiki is usually configured to generate using a setup file.
+ikiwiki generates the "post-commit hook" once you've uncommented the relevant section (under wrappers) in the ikiwiki.setup.
The generated wrapper is a C program that is designed to safely be made
suid if necessary. It's hardcoded to run ikiwiki with the settings
@@ -17,4 +14,4 @@ your wiki checkout and html directory. If so, you can safely make
the wrapper suid to a user who can write there (*not* to root!). You might
want to read [[Security]] first.
-[[Setup]] explains setting this up in more detail.
+[[Setup]] explains setting this up from the start and see [[rcs/details]] to know more.