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Git is a distributed revison control system originally developed for
the Linux kernel. Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in git.
Ikiwiki can run as a post-update hook to update a wiki whenever commits
come in. When running as a [[cgi]] with Git, ikiwiki automatically
commits edited pages, and uses the Git history to generate the
[[RecentChanges]] page.
git repository setup
When using Git, you probably want to set up two repositories, of which
one should be bare (meaning that it does not have a working tree
checked out), and the other one with a working tree will be used as
ikiwiki's srcdir for compiling the wiki. [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] can automate
setting this up. Using a pair of repositories isn't the most obvious set up,
but it works the best for typical ikiwiki use.
[[tips/Laptop_wiki_with_git]] describes a different way to set up ikiwiki
and git.
It is paramount that you never push to the non-bare repository
(this FAQ entry explains why).
Instead, if you want to work on the wiki from a remote machine, clone
the bare repository, using either the git transport (if available), or
ssh.
The ikiwiki post-commit hook should be put in the bare repository.
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