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author | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-03-20 16:34:49 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-03-20 16:34:49 -0400 |
commit | ee973d0b460044769328b30067d1d7ca24a5a228 (patch) | |
tree | 1b8e447cd3e3ce593743037cf2c27d78b524fa58 /doc/forum/ikiwiki__39__s_notion_of_time.mdwn | |
parent | a2c0423e541006f5d1c0c99f4bb07aadfb0cc733 (diff) | |
parent | 1d9b58b0d4efe4ad4f752eeda7e52b263edaec87 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.ikiwiki.info/srv/git/ikiwiki.info
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diff --git a/doc/forum/ikiwiki__39__s_notion_of_time.mdwn b/doc/forum/ikiwiki__39__s_notion_of_time.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f52989026 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/ikiwiki__39__s_notion_of_time.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +I'm having some difficulties with ikiwiki's notion of time. + +For (regular) pages, the *last edited* date is the one where the file +was indeed last modified according to the file system information. +The *created* date (commented out in the HTML) is, at least for +`--getctime` operation, the date, where the file was last registered +as changed with the VCS. + +Now, at least with git, the thing is that when you're checking out files, +they'll get the checkout-time's current time stamp. + +What I strive for is the following: *created* be the date when the file +(under its current name) was *first* registered with the VCS (which is +more logical in my opinion), and *last edited* be the date the file was +last registered as changed with the VCS, which is the current +`--getctime` *created* date. + +This means that I can build the HTML files from different checkouts of the +VCS and they won't differ in the time stamps they contain in the HTML. + +What is the rationale for ikiwiki's current behavior with respect to these +time stamps? + +--[[tschwinge]] |