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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/ikiwiki__39__s_notion_of_time.mdwn | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/natural_sorting.mdwn | 2 |
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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]] diff --git a/doc/todo/natural_sorting.mdwn b/doc/todo/natural_sorting.mdwn index faa523043..5df17e95b 100644 --- a/doc/todo/natural_sorting.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/natural_sorting.mdwn @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ page titles if they have numeric components. the provides an algorithm for that. there is a -[patch](http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/25617577746dc1e4ab5ab69aa70d633daddcc01b) +[patch](http://git.ikiwiki.info/?p=ikiwiki;a=commit;h=55b83cb7bd1cd7c60bb45dc22c3745dd80a63fed) attached that makes the [[plugins/inline]] plugin use Sort::Naturally if sort is set to "title_natural". |