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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-07-22 17:52:36 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-07-22 17:52:36 -0400
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@@ -370,8 +370,14 @@ When renaming `foo`, it probably makes sense to also rename
`foo/Discussion`. Should other SubPages in `foo/` also be renamed? I think
it's probably simplest to rename all of its SubPages too.
+(For values of "simplest" that don't include the pain of dealing with all
+the changed links on subpages.. as well as issues like pagespecs that
+continue to match the old subpages, and cannot reasonably be auto-converted
+to use the new, etc, etc... So still undecided about this.)
+
When deleting `foo`, I don't think SubPages should be deleted. The
-potential for mistakes and abuse is too large.
+potential for mistakes and abuse is too large. Deleting Discussion page
+might be a useful exception.
## link fixups
@@ -379,6 +385,18 @@ When renaming a page, it's desirable to keep links that point to it
working. Rather than use redirection pages, I think that all pages that
link to it should be modified to fix their links.
+The rename plugin can add a "rename" hook, which other plugins can use to
+update links &etc. The hook would be passed page content, the old and new
+link names, and would modify the content and return it. At least the link
+plugin should have such a hook.
+
+After calling the "rename" hook, and rendering the wiki, the rename plugin
+can check to see what links remain pointing to the old page. There could
+still be some, for example, CamelCase links probably won't be changed; img
+plugins and others contain logical links to the file, etc. The user can be
+presented with a list of all the pages that still have links to the old
+page, and can manually deal with them.
+
In some cases, a redirection page will be wanted, to keep long-lived urls
working. Since the meta plugin supports creating such pages, and since they
won't always be needed, I think it will be simplest to just leave it up to
@@ -390,15 +408,16 @@ The source page must be editable by the user to be deleted/renamed.
When renaming, the dest page must not already exist, and must be creatable
by the user, too.
-When deleting/renaming attachments, the `allowed_attachments` PageSpec
+lWhen deleting/renaming attachments, the `allowed_attachments` PageSpec
is checked too.
## RCS
-Two new functions are added to the RCS interface:
+Three new functions are added to the RCS interface:
* `rcs_remove(file)`
* `rcs_rename(old, new)`
+* `rcs_commit_staged(message, user, ip)`
## conflicts
@@ -430,23 +449,32 @@ Cases that have to be dealt with:
* Alice clicks "rename" button for a page; Bob makes a modification;
Alice confirms rename. This case seems easy, it should just rename the
modified page.
+ Update: it does
* Alice opens edit UI for a page; Bob makes a modification; Alice
clicks rename button and confirms rename. Seems same as previous case.
+ Update: check
* Alice and Bob both try to rename a page at the same time (to probably
different names). Or one tries to delete, and the other to rename.
I think it's acceptible for the second one to get an error message that
the page no longer exists.
+ Update: check, that happens
* Alice renames a page; Bob had edit window open for it, and saves
it afterwards, under old name. I think it's acceptible for Bob to succeed
in saving it under the old name in this case, though not ideal.
-* Alice renames (or deletes) a page. In the meantime, Bob is uploading an
- attachment to it, and finishes after the rename finishes. Is it
- acceptible for the attachment to be saved under the old name?
+ Update: Behavior is the same as if Alice renamed the page and Bob created
+ a new page with the old name. Seems acceptable, though could be mildly
+ confusing to Bob (or Alice).
* Alice starts creating a new page. In the meantime, Bob renames a
different page to that name. Alice should get an error message when
committing; and it should have conflict markers. Ie, this should work the
same as if Bob had edited the new page at the same time as Alice did.
+ Update: That should happen. Haven't tested this case yet to make sure.
* Bob starts renaming a page. In the meantime, Alice creates a new page
with the name he's renaming it to. Here Bob should get a error message
that he can't rename the page to an existing name. (A conflict resolution
edit would also be ok.)
+ Update: Bob gets an error message.
+
+* Alice renames (or deletes) a page. In the meantime, Bob is uploading an
+ attachment to it, and finishes after the rename finishes. Is it
+ acceptible for the attachment to be saved under the old name?