From: joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:22:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: web commit by http://madduck.myopenid.com/: clarify denyNonFastForwards
X-Git-Tag: 2.9~11
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79d2526687e63fa4a15024d443def2e0866b7240;p=ikiwiki.git

web commit by madduck.myopenid.com/: clarify denyNonFastForwards
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diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index 7f6ece4c6..d908e2177 100644
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -128,17 +128,18 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
 
 			REPO=~/wiki.git
 			cd $SRCDIR
-			mv .ikiwiki ..
 			git init
 			echo .ikiwiki > .gitignore
 			git add .
 			git commit -m'Initial commit'
-			# stop git performing fast forwards -- this is to avoid
-			# overwriting the remote ref and losing other peoples'
-			# commits from there.
+			# if you expect $REPO to receive pushs from multiple
+			# clones, then it is advisable to stop git performing
+			# fast forwards -- this is to avoid overwriting the
+			# remote ref and losing commits from there.
 			git config receive.denyNonFastForwards true
 			git config core.bare true
 			mv .git $REPO
+			mv .ikiwiki ..
 			cd ..
 			rm -r $SRCDIR
 			git clone -l -s $REPO $SRCDIR