response, and change setup instuctions for svn. The other rcses seem ok,

although I also added some stuff for mercurual to actually add the files to
the repo..

doc/setup.mdwn

@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
    [[toggleable id=subversion text="""
 			REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
 			svnadmin create $REPOSITORY
-			svn import $SRCDIR file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "initial import"
-			rm -rf $SRCDIR
-			svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk $SRCDIR
+			svn mkdir file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "create trunk"
+			cd $SRCDIR
+			svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk .
+			svn add *
+			svn commit -m "initial import"
    """]]
    
    [[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
@@ -136,7 +138,11 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
    [[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
    [[toggleable id=mercurial text="""
 			REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+			rm -rf $SRCDIR/.ikiwiki # not for checkin
 			hg init $REPOSITORY
+			cd $REPOSITORY
+			hg add *
+			hg commit -m "initial import"
    """]]
 
 9. Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.

doc/setup/discussion.mdwn

@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@ It isn't intended that .ikiwiki be versioned, is it? Do you have a svn:ignore se
 Is there some magic way you can make the svn commands (and presumably commands for 
 the other VCSs here) ignore the .ikiwiki directory during step 8, when they import it?
 If not, maybe a note should be made that the user should delete this file before 
-they import. --Ethan
+they import. --Ethan
+
+> No, .ikiwiki should not be versioned, and a svn:ignore of it is reasonable,
+> although probably too much noise for the setup instructions.
+> I've switched to a different method that preserves .ikiwiki, w/o checking
+> it in. --[[Joey]]