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+This is a simple set of files for bootstrapping a git-backed instance
+of ikiwiki.
+
+I put this together to make it easier to get started with ikiwiki than
+following the standad instructions:
+
+       http://ikiwiki.info/setup/
+
+Features
+========
+Here are some of the key features of what I've got setup:
+
+1. Self-contained.
+
+       The ikiwiki configuration file, the templates, and source
+       files are all together in one repository.
+
+2. Minimal
+
+       The default ikiwiki setup instructions would pull in a bunch
+       of "stock" wiki pages and some underlay content. This setup
+       saves you the hassle of having to prune any of that out.
+
+3. Pre-configured for git
+
+       Most of the git-specific settings you need are already setup
+       in ikiwiki.setup.
+
+Usage
+=====
+To start choose where the bare git repository will exist on your web
+server and where you'd like the HTML results to be published to. Edit
+ikiwiki.setup and fill these in for gitrepo and destdir.
+
+Next, follow these steps to setup gitrepo along with a nested checkout
+inside of it that ikiwiki will use:
+
+       mkdir -p $gitrepo
+       cd $gitrepo
+       GIT_DIR=. git init-db
+       git clone $gitrepo ikiwiki-checkout
+
+Finally, push this repository out to $gitrepo, then start adding
+content in files under src.
+
+Let me know if you have any problems or questions,
+
+Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>