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-GeekiGeeki is yet another fork of PikiWiki. Its most important feature is of course the GuruMeditation alerts :-).
-It can also use [[http://git.or.cz/ | git]] or any other SCM as a versioning backend.
+==== What is Geeki Geeki? ====
+
+GeekiGeeki is a minimalistic wiki with a [[http://git.or.cz/ | git]] backend,
+a high features/complexity ratio and a clean syntax similar to WikiCreole.
Check the EditingTips to get an idea the supported wiki syntax.
+GeekiGeeki is yet another fork of PikiWiki, like MoinMoin, and it is written
+in Python.
+
+== Features ==
+
+ * Git versioned backend
+ * Interfaces with Gitweb for history browsing, RSS...
+ * Consistent use of CSS for easy theming
+ * Pluggable macros
+ * Page includes (templates with parameters coming)
+ * Usable for blogging
+ * Directory listing
+ * [[Picture]] gallery
+ * Easy to interface with other SCMs through a glue script
+ * User accounts supported through HTTP basic auth done by web server
+ * Per-page ACLs
+ * Simple title and full text search
+ * Easy CGI installation (no WSGI, mod_python, FCGI...)
+ * Fast!
+ * Only 800 LOCs!
+ * GuruMeditation alerts :-)
+
==== Download ====
===== Source repository ====
You can obtain the latest source snapshot through git:
{{{
-git-clone http://www.codewiz.org/~bernie/git/geekigeeki.git/
-git-clone git://www.codewiz.org/~bernie/geekigeeki.git/
+git clone http://www.codewiz.org/~bernie/git/geekigeeki.git/
+git clone git://www.codewiz.org/~bernie/geekigeeki.git/
}}}
-==== Revision history ====
+===== Revision history =====
Browse it online with GitWeb: http://www.codewiz.org/wikigit/geekigeeki.git
-==== Individual source files ====
+===== Individual source files =====
* [[../wikidata/geekigeeki.py | geekigeeki.py]] -- The CGI itself
* [[../wikidata/geekigeeki.conf.py | geekigeeki.conf.py]] -- Sample site config
* clone the git repository anywhere you like
* edit **wiki_apache.conf** to adapt it to your system, and move or link it to your Apache configuration directory.
* customize the wiki through geekigeeki.conf.py
+ * create a git repository for your wiki:
+ {{{
+ mkdir data
+ cd data
+ git init --shared=group
+ chgrp -R apache .
+ }}}
* reload Apache
+==== Update procedure ====
+
+If you cloned the repository as suggested, updating and downgrading is easy:
+
+{{{
+git pull
+}}}
+
+to switch to a different version of GeekiGeeki:
+
+{{{
+git checkout {tree-ish}
+}}}
+
==== Contributing ====
Please send your patches! See the GeekiGeekiToDo list for ideas.
-Bugfixes and cute hacks welcome. BloatWare ''will'' be rejected: this is a minimalistic wiki, damn'it!
+Bugfixes and cute hacks welcome. BloatWare //will// be rejected: this is
+a minimalistic wiki, damn'it!