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diff --git a/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn index d492961ac..5522cbf45 100644 --- a/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Do I have it right? > > Surely it is not the _last changed time_ but the _first seen time_ of each page that is pulled out of the VCS? > > If the aim is to get the real creation times of items in weblogs, then the last times that the items were > > changed in the VCS is not going to help. -- [[seanh]] +>>> Typo, fixed. --[[Joey]] > > > If you want to preserve the date of a page, the best way to do it is to > > > use [[ikiwiki/directive/meta]] date="foo". This will survive checkouts, diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index e2fe85ff6..0c618de5c 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ also be configured using a setup file. * --getctime - Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control + Pull creation time for each new page out of the revision control system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation times of items in weblogs, such as when building a wiki from a new - Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used + VCS checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages. * --set var=value |