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diff --git a/doc/post-commit.mdwn b/doc/post-commit.mdwn index ea11ba7c9..18eae1735 100644 --- a/doc/post-commit.mdwn +++ b/doc/post-commit.mdwn @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ 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. |