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[[!meta title="Revision Control Systems"]]
Ikiwiki supports using several revision control systems for storing page
histories.
Ikiwiki started out supporting only [[Subversion|svn]], but the interface
ikiwiki uses to a revision control system is sufficiently simple and
generic that it can be adapted to work with many systems by writing a
[[plugin|plugins/write]]. [[Subversion|svn]] is still a recommended choice;
[[git]] is another well-tested option.
While all supported revision control systems work well enough for basic
use, some advanced or special features are not supported in all of them.
Lack of support in [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] or auto.setup can make it harder to
set up a wiki using that revision control system. The rcs_commit_staged
hook is needed to use [[attachments|plugins/attachment]] or
[[plugins/comments]]. And so on. The table below summarises this for each
revision control system and links to more information about each.
[[!table data="""
feature |[[git]]|[[svn]]|[[bzr]] |[[monotone]]|[[mercurial]]|[[darcs]]|[[tla]] |[[cvs]]
[[ikiwiki-makerepo]]|yes |yes |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes
auto.setup |yes |yes |incomplete|yes |incomplete |yes |incomplete|yes
rcs_commit_staged |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes
rcs_rename |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes
rcs_remove |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |no |yes
rcs_diff |yes |yes |yes |yes |no |yes |yes |yes
anonymous push |yes |no |no |no |no |no |no |no
conflict handling |yes |yes |yes |buggy |yes |yes |yes |yes
"""]]
There is a page with [[details]] about how the different systems work with
ikiwiki, for the curious.
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