web commit by RecaiOktas: Suggest local git clones for space and time efficiency.

diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index c6a8f297eb2ff313afc33090c63b0933ffc54f61..6da466b90eb5e3db801761d762d3ae27ca0f7686 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]],
                cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn .
                git add .
                git commit -m create -a
+               # No need to keep files in the master repository; so at this
+               # stage, you may want to remove all files (except .git) to
+               # save disk space.
 
                # TLA
                mkdir /tla
@@ -35,7 +38,9 @@ you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]], [[Git]],
                svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
                 
                # Git
-               git clone /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
+               # Create a local clone to save disk space and also to
+               # optimize performance. See git-clone(1).
+               git clone -l -s /git/wikirepo ~/wikiwc
 
                # TLA
                mkdir ~/wikiwc