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"
+			svn mkdir file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "create trunk"
-			rm -rf $SRCDIR
+			cd $SRCDIR
-			svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk $SRCDIR
+			svn co file://$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

@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ Is there some magic way you can make the svn commands (and presumably commands f
 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
+
+> 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]]