web commit by http://natalian.org/: a little clearer

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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
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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.