Can I checkout github wikis like a git repository?

Question

I want to modify and view github wikis with local editor like Emacs, and Google Code wikis can be checked out just like code. Is there any way to checkout github wikis? Or is there any other git repository provider offers such feature?

Answer 1

No, the wiki is not part of the GitHub API (though much requested).

MediaWiki has an API:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php

But it seems unlikely a git repository provider will have spent time building a full api for their wiki. If you're hosting thing on your own, Trac has a full python API for it's wiki and other features. That might be best for a tight repo-wiki-tracker integration.

Good luck!

Answer 2

You can't check out the wiki but you can set up a website that you can checkout and edit that gets regenerated on a push.

They call it GitHub Pages. Admittedly, not the same as a wiki though.

Answer 3

You can now! http://github.com/blog/699-making-github-more-open-git-backed-wikis