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diff --git a/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn index 47af92686..7e8c86592 100644 --- a/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ content for the edit box; after that, it'd become a static page. --[[smcv]] I think this branch is now enough to be useful. It adds the following: If the `transient` plugin is loaded, `$srcdir/.ikiwiki/transient` is added -as an underlay. +as an underlay. I'm not sure whether this should be a plugin or core, so +I erred on the side of more plugins; I think it's "on the edge of the core", +like goto. Pages with the default extension in the transient underlay are automatically deleted if a page of the same name is created in the srcdir (or an underlay @@ -35,26 +37,30 @@ closer to the srcdir in stacking order). `tag` enables `transient`, and if `tag_autocreate_commit` is set to 0 (default 1), autocreated tags are written to the transient underlay. +There is a regression test. `autoindex` uses autofiles. It also enables `transient`, and if `autoindex_commit` is set to 0 (default 1), autoindexes are written to -the transient underlay. +the transient underlay. There is a regression test. autoindex ignores pages in the transient underlay when deciding whether to generate an index. -Not done yet: +New recent changes go in the transient underlay; I tested this manually. -`remove` can't remove transient pages: this turns out to be harder than -I'd hoped, because I don't want to introduce a vulnerability in the -non-regular-file detection... +Not done yet (in that branch, at least): -Transient tags that don't match any pages aren't deleted: I'm not sure -that that's a good idea anyway, though. Similarly, transient autoindexes -of directories that become empty aren't deleted. +* `remove` can't remove transient pages: this turns out to be harder than + I'd hoped, because I don't want to introduce a vulnerability in the + non-regular-file detection, so I'd rather defer that. -Recent changes and aggregated files could conceivably go in the transient -underlay too. +* Transient tags that don't match any pages aren't deleted: I'm not sure + that that's a good idea anyway, though. Similarly, transient autoindexes + of directories that become empty aren't deleted. + +* In my `untested/transient` branch, new aggregated files go in the + transient underlay too (they'll naturally migrate over time). I haven't + tested this yet, it's just a proof-of-concept. > I can confirm that the behavior of autoindex, at least, is excellent. > Haven't tried tag. Joey, can you merge transient and autoindex? --JoeRayhawk |