fix setup for git; git requires the repo not be empty before it's checked

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diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index cd6bfdc9c6610beeb7dd08562ad4559b4588a685..eef068daea21f0e5e89b880c835a8d61871c67b5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ and that has optional support for commits from the web.
                mkdir /git/wikirepo
                cd /git/wikirepo
                git init-db
+               # Git requires something be in the repo to start with.
+               cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
+               git add .
+               git commit -m create -a
 
 3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.