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",
    				)
    		)