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author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-03-24 13:37:40 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-03-24 13:37:40 -0400 |
commit | 9f7f12809041ab70fdde1f9695d450c64b1ca675 (patch) | |
tree | 4214fc79f9f4dfb9dfac31d10f5efdf9f562b81a /doc/plugins/transient.mdwn | |
parent | 78c750f2d28f23e7cfc56890999bcd313cf711c7 (diff) | |
parent | 8a8277faf8a084694745cfd20906733df46b4ff9 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.ikiwiki.info/srv/git/ikiwiki.info
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diff --git a/doc/plugins/transient.mdwn b/doc/plugins/transient.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b7dd11906 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/transient.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!template id=plugin name=transient author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]" core=yes]] +[[!tag type/special-purpose]] + +The `transient` plugin adds an underlay in `.ikiwiki/transient`, which is +intended for pages that are automatically created and should not be committed +to the [[RCS]]. It works in the same way as the [[basewiki]] and the underlays +set up by the [[plugins/underlay]] plugin, so if a page in the transient +underlay is edited via the web, the edited version is committed to the RCS +as usual. Unlike other underlays, if a page in the transient underlay is +superseded by an edited version in the RCS, the old transient version +is deleted automatically. + +This plugin is mostly useful as something that other plugins can depend on: + +* [[plugins/aggregate]] writes aggregated posts into the transient underlay +* [[plugins/autoindex]] can be configured to auto-create missing + pages that have a [[ikiwiki/subpage]] or an [[plugins/attachment]], but not + commit them, in which case they go in the transient underlay +* [[plugins/comments]] can be configured to not commit comments: if so, it + puts them in the transient underlay +* [[plugins/recentchanges]] writes new changes into the transient underlay +* [[plugins/tag]] can be configured to auto-create missing + tag pages but not commit them, in which case they go in the transient + underlay |