doc/todo/Bestdir_along_with_bestlink_in_IkiWiki.pm.mdwn



This patch adds function bestdir() which returns best directory from the directory structure. This is in addition to the bestlink() function which is there in IkiWiki.pm

Index: IkiWiki.pm
===================================================================
--- IkiWiki.pm  (revision 9)
+++ IkiWiki.pm  (working copy)
@@ -391,6 +391,35 @@
        return "";
 }

+sub bestdir ($$) {
+    my $page=shift;
+       my $link=shift;
+       my $cwd=$page;
+
+       if ($link=~s/^\/+//) {
+               $cwd="";
+       }
+
+       do {
+               my $l=$cwd;
+               $l.="/" if length $l;
+               $l.=$link;
+               if (-d "$config{srcdir}/$l") {
+                       return $l;
+               }
+       } while $cwd=~s!/?[^/]+$!!;
+
+       if (length $config{userdir}) {
+               my $l = "$config{userdir}/".lc($link);
+
+               if (-d $l) {
+                       return $l;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return "";
+}
+
 sub isinlinableimage ($) {
        my $file=shift;


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