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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 ff588fe6c..f199b0f3b 100644 --- a/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/How_does_ikiwiki_remember_times__63__.mdwn @@ -24,3 +24,28 @@ Do I have it right? > true modification times out of the VCS, but I haven't found it a big > deal in practice for the last modification times to be updated to the > current time when rebuilding a wiki like this. --[[Joey]] +> +> > Thanks for the clarification. I ran some tests of my own to make sure I understand it right, and I'm satisfied +> > that the order of posts in my blog can be retrieved from the VCS using the `--getctime` option, at least if I +> > choose to order my posts by creation time rather than modification time. But I now know that I can't rely on +> > page modification times in ikiwiki as these can be lost permanently. +> > +> > I would suggest that there should at least be a `--getmtime` option like you describe, and perhaps that +> > `--getctime` and `--getmtime` be _on by default_. In my opinion the creation times and modification times of +> > pages in ikiwiki are part of the user's content and are important to protect, because the user may be relying +> > on them, especially if they use blogging or lists of recently modified pages, etc. Right now the modification +> > times can be lost permanently. +> > +> > Is there a typo in the description of `--getctime` in the man page? +> > +> > > --getctime +> > > Pull **last changed 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 build‐ +> > > ing a wiki from a new Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and +> > > quite slow. It is best used with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to +> > > get the ctime for all pages. +> > +> > 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]] |