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WiGit: A Git-based Wiki

About

WiGit is a simple Wiki written in PHP, using Git as a backend for tracking changes. Besides Git, this wiki makes use of Textile for marking up text.

Features

Very simple and light
Easily customizable using themes
Extensive syntax for marking up text (using Textile)
Full history tracking support
Basic support for users/authors, by using the HTTP authentication headers to extract the user.
Support for pretty URLs (using URL rewriting)

Requirements

Webserver
PHP4
Git

Installation

Put the WiGit dir in some place where the webserver can find it
Make sure there's a 'data' subdir, and that it is writable by the webserver
Copy config.php.sample to config.php, and edit config.php to reflect your local settings
Surf to the wigit URL, and you should start by editing the front page

For URL rewriting, change the SCRIPT_URL to be the base URL prefix (as is shown in the config file), and add the necessary URL rewrite rules for your webserver. E.g.,

For Apache, add the following to .htaccess in your wigit install dir:

  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  	RewriteEngine On
  	RewriteBase /wigit/
  	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  	RewriteRule (.*) /wigit/index.php?r=$1 [L] 
  </IfModule>

For lighttpd, add the following to your config file:

  url.rewrite-once = (
  		"^/wigit/themes/(.*)" => "$0",
  		"^/wigit(.*)" => "/wigit/index.php?r=$1",
  	)

(where /wigit is replaced by your own base url)

For user support, configure your webserver to require authentication for the wigit install dir. E.g.

For Apache, add the following to .htaccess in your wigit install dir:

  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "My WiGit"
  AuthUserFile /path/to/passwords/file
  Require valid-user

For lighttpd, add the following to your config file:

  auth.backend = "htdigest"
  auth.backend.htdigest.userfile = "/path/to/htdigest/file"
  auth.require = (
  			"/wigit" => (
  					"method" => "digest",
  					"realm" => "My WiGit",
  					"require" => "valid-user",
  				)
  		)

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