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Set Up Your Own Github-backed Notational Velocity

When I last posted, I described how I was using a Github-backed wiki as my notes directory in Notational Velocity (and the fork I use, nvalt). That post got some interest, so I decided to try and make the process a bit easier by creating a project for it on GitHub: Veloci-Wiki. In nutshell, once you have a github wiki checked out locally, you checkout Veloci-Wiki and pass the path to your wiki clone to the setup script:

veloci-wiki% perl setup.pl <path/to/your/wiki/clone>

…and Veloci-wiki creates and installs the launchd config file for you, which runs the vw-update.pl script (in the veloci-wiki repo) against your wiki checkout anytime a file is changed, added, or removed there, pushing the changes to your Github wiki:

Full instructions are in the README. Happy hacking, and you can report any issues on Github, leave a comment, or email me (steveivy @ gmail).

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My name is Steve Ivy and I write about technology, the open web, social software, and general nerdity on monkinetic.com. You should follow me on Twitter or subscribe to this blog if you like what you're reading. I spend my days hacking Movable Type, python, Django, and various other efforts at Wallrazer. This is my personal site.