Moin Command Line Interface

Moin2 has two command line interfaces. The first interface, powered by quickinstall.py and started by the ./m command (m on windows), implements the most common functions used by developers. This CLI is only available when moin is installed using git to clone a repository from https://github.com/moinwiki/moin or alternative.

The second interface, moin, is implemented by several Python scripts located in the /cli/ directory. This interface targets wiki migration, account creation and maintenance, and wiki maintenance.

There is some overlap between the two interfaces. Several of the commands within the first interface are implemented by wrapping one or more of the cli interface commands to accomplish a task.

./m Interface

The virtual environment must be activated before using the ./m interface. Executing ./m (m on windows) without any options produces the menu:

usage: "{0} <target>" where <target> is:

quickinstall    update virtual environment with required packages
extras          install packages required for docs and moin development
docs            create moin html documentation (requires extras)
interwiki       refresh intermap.txt
log <target>    view detailed log generated by <target>, omit to see list

new-wiki        create empty wiki
sample          create wiki and load sample data
restore *       create wiki and restore wiki/backup.moin *option, specify file
import19 <dir> <args> import a moin1.9 wiki/data instance from <dir> with <args>
                where <args> = "--markup_out moinwiki" or markdown,rst,html,...

run *           run built-in wiki server *options (--port 8081)
backup *        roll 3 prior backups and create new backup *option, specify file
dump-html *     create a static HTML image of wiki *options, see docs
index           delete and rebuild indexes

css             run lessc to update basic theme CSS files
tests *         run tests, log output (-v -k my_test)
coding-std      correct scripts that taint the repository with trailing spaces..

del-all         same as running the 4 del-* commands below
del-orig        delete all files matching *.orig
del-pyc         delete all files matching *.pyc
del-rej         delete all files matching *.rej
del-wiki        create a backup, then delete all wiki data

moin Interface

moin is the command line interface to miscellaneous MoinMoin Wiki related tools.

If you invoke moin without any arguments, it will show a short quick help,

moin –help will show a more complete overview:

Usage: moin [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Moin extensions to the Flask CLI

Options:
  --version  Show the flask version
  --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  account-create          Create a user account
  account-disable         Disable user accounts
  account-password        Set user passwords
  create-instance         Create wikiconfig and wiki instance directories...
  dump-help               Dump a namespace of user help items to .data...
  dump-html               Create a static HTML image of this wiki
  help                    Quick help
  import19                Import content and user data from a moin 1.9 wiki
  index-build             Build the indexes
  index-create            Create empty indexes
  index-destroy           Destroy the indexes
  index-dump              Dump the indexes in readable form to stdout
  index-move              Move the indexes from the temporary to the...
  index-optimize          Optimize the indexes
  index-update            Update the indexes
  item-get                Get an item revision from the wiki
  item-put                Put an item revision into the wiki
  load                    Deserialize a file into the backend; with...
  load-help               Load a directory of help .data and .meta file...
  load-sample             Load wiki sample items
  maint-reduce-revisions  Remove all revisions but the last one from all...
  maint-set-meta          Set meta data of a new revision
  maint-validate-metadata Find and optionally fix issues with item metadata
  routes                  Show the routes for the app.
  run                     Run a development server.
  save                    Serialize the backend into a file
  shell                   Run a shell in the app context.

See also

moinmoin(1)