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[[!toc]]
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Using ikiwiki with the [[rcs/git]] backend, some interesting things can be done
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with creating mirrors (or, really, branches) of a wiki. In this tip, I'll
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assume your wiki is located on a server, and you want to take a copy with
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you on your laptop.
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With the configuration described here, you can commit local changes to the
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version on the laptop, perhaps while offline. You can browse and edit the
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wiki using a local web server. When you're ready, you can manually push the
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changes to the main wiki on the server.
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## simple clone approach
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First, set up the wiki on the server, if it isn't already. Nothing special
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needs to be done here, just follow the regular instructions in [[setup]]
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for setting up ikiwiki with git.
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Next, `git clone` the source (`$REPOSITORY`, not `$SRCDIR`)
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from the server to the laptop.
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Now, set up a [[web_server|dot_cgi]] on your laptop, if it doesn't
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already have one.
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Now you need to write a setup file for ikiwiki on the laptop. Mostly this
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is standard, but a few special settings are needed:
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* Configure a cgi wrapper as usual, but configure the git wrapper to
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be written to the `post-commit` hook of the git clone, rather than the
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usual `post-update` hook.
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* By default, ikiwiki pulls and pushes from `origin`. This shouldn't be
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done on the laptop, because the origin may not be accessible (when the
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laptop is offline). Also, commits made on the laptop should stay there,
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until manually pushed, so that the laptop can serve as a staging area.
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Make sure you have ikiwiki 2.11 or better installed, and set:
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gitorigin_branch => "",
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* You can optionally enable to the [[plugins/mirrorlist]] plugin,
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and configure it so that each page links to the corresponding page on the
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server.
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Now just run `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -getctime` and you should be
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good to go. (You only need the slow `-getctime` option the first time you
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run setup.)
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Use standard git commands to handle pulling from and pushing to the server.
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Note that if changes are pulled from the server, you will need to manually
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update the wiki, with a command such as `ikiwiki -setup wiki.setup -refresh`.
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If you'd like it to automatically update when changes are merged in, you
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can simply make a symlink `post-merge` hook pointing at the `post-update`
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hook ikiwiki created.
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## bare mirror approach
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As above, set up a normal ikiwiki on the server, with the usual bare repository.
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Next, `git clone --mirror server:/path/to/bare/repository`
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This will be used as the $REPOSITORY on the laptop. Then you can follow
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the instructions in [[setup by hand|/setup/byhand]] as per a normal ikiwiki
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installation. This means that you can clone from the local bare repository
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as many times as you want (thus being able to have a repository which is
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used by the ikiwiki CGI, and another which you can use for updating via
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git).
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When you want to update the server from the laptop, do a `git push` from
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within the laptop's bare repository, and likewise do a `git pull` to update
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the laptop from the server.
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