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| author | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
| commit | f398ad035b973608d380c9939ea845d8e2a0cdc2 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ba1a0c94e375ab8ed609eaa57a542c6b87de5a8 /doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn | |
| parent | 958e5735c946263a111420fe47abe58782581e8c (diff) | |
| parent | 6d213a0c739d5b34357b01a616f99197eeba6ad9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.ikiwiki.info
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn index 5522cbf45..6b7739fd0 100644 --- a/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn @@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ Do I have it right? > Some VCS, like git, set the file mtimes to the current time > when making a new checkout, so they will be lost if you do that. > The creation times can be retrived using the `--getctime` option. -> I suppose it might be nice if there were a `--getmtime` that pulled -> true modification times out of the VCS, but I haven't found it a big -> deal in practice for the last modification times to be updated to the -> current time when rebuilding a wiki like this. --[[Joey]] +> --[[Joey]] > > > Thanks for the clarification. I ran some tests of my own to make sure I understand it right, and I'm satisfied > > that the order of posts in my blog can be retrieved from the VCS using the `--getctime` option, at least if I > > choose to order my posts by creation time rather than modification time. But I now know that I can't rely on > > page modification times in ikiwiki as these can be lost permanently. +> +> > > Update: It's now renamed to `--gettime`, and pulls both the creation +> > > and modification times. Also, per [[todo/auto_getctime_on_fresh_build]], +> > > this is now done automatically the first time ikiwiki builds a +> > > srcdir. So, no need to worry about this any more! --[[Joey]] > > > > I would suggest that there should at least be a `--getmtime` option like you describe, and perhaps that > > `--getctime` and `--getmtime` be _on by default_. In my opinion the creation times and modification times of @@ -87,3 +89,10 @@ Do I have it right? $EDITOR "$pagename" >>>>> -- [[Jon]] + +> A quick workaround for me to get modification times right is the following +> little zsh script, which unfortunately only works for git: + +>> Elided; no longer needed since --gettime does that, and much faster! --[[Joey]] + +> --[[David_Riebenbauer]] |