Merge remote branch 'smcv/ready/transient-autoindex'

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diff --git a/doc/todo/autoindex_should_use_add__95__autofile.mdwn b/doc/todo/autoindex_should_use_add__95__autofile.mdwn
index 0ac3c4225a6ecf2b5645a95e2a6b8bd132e910a0..908c85cb42341d32bf446d57e77ed2e1e17c6195 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/autoindex_should_use_add__95__autofile.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/autoindex_should_use_add__95__autofile.mdwn
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ so the latter should probably use the former. --[[smcv]]
 
 ----
 
 
 ----
 

-[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/autoindex-autofile author="[[smcv]]"]]
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/autoindex-autofile author="[[smcv]]"]]

 
 I'm having trouble fixing this:
 
 
 I'm having trouble fixing this:
 


@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ I'm having trouble fixing this:
        # the rest should perhaps be added to the autofile machinery
 
 By "a generic version of" above, it seems I mean "almost, but not
        # the rest should perhaps be added to the autofile machinery
 
 By "a generic version of" above, it seems I mean "almost, but not

-quite, entirely unlike". I tried digging through the git history for the
+quite, entirely unlike".
+
+> As long as it's not Tea. ;) --[[Joey]] 
+
+I tried digging through the git history for the

 reasoning behind the autofile and autoindex implementations, but now I'm
 mostly confused.
 
 reasoning behind the autofile and autoindex implementations, but now I'm
 mostly confused.
 


@@ -60,6 +64,13 @@ I'm less sure that these shouldn't create the tag page: we deleted the
 manually-created version, but that doesn't necessarily mean we don't want
 *something* to exist.
 
 manually-created version, but that doesn't necessarily mean we don't want
 *something* to exist.
 

+> That could be argued, but it's a very DWIM thing. Probably best to keep
+> the behavior simple and predictable, so one only needs to remember that
+> when a page is deleted, nothing will ever re-create it behind ones back.
+> --[[Joey]]
+
+>> Fair enough, I'll make autoindex do that. --s
+

 ## autoindex
 
 The autoindex machinery records a more complex set. Items are added to the
 ## autoindex
 
 The autoindex machinery records a more complex set. Items are added to the


@@ -87,12 +98,21 @@ However, unlike the generic autofile infrastructure, `autoindex` forgets
 that it shouldn't re-create the deleted page in the latter two situations:
 
 * create auto-del-create-del/child, resulting in auto-del-create-del being
 that it shouldn't re-create the deleted page in the latter two situations:
 
 * create auto-del-create-del/child, resulting in auto-del-create-del being

-  created automatically
+    created automatically

 * delete auto-del-create-del; it's added to `%deleted` and not re-created
 * create auto-del-create-del manually; it's removed from `%deleted`
 * delete auto-del-create-del again (it's re-created)
 
 * delete auto-del-create-del; it's added to `%deleted` and not re-created
 * create auto-del-create-del manually; it's removed from `%deleted`
 * delete auto-del-create-del again (it's re-created)
 

+and
+

 * create create-del-auto
 * delete create-del-auto; it's not added to `%deleted` because there's no
 * create create-del-auto
 * delete create-del-auto; it's not added to `%deleted` because there's no

-  child that would cause it to exist
+    child that would cause it to exist

 * create create-del-auto/child
 * create create-del-auto/child

+
+> I doubt there is any good reason for this behavior. These are probably
+> bugs. --[[Joey]] 
+
+>> OK, I believe my updated branch gives `autoindex` the same behaviour
+>> as auto-creation of tags. The `auto-del-create-del` and
+>> `create-del-auto` use cases work the same as for tags on my demo wiki. --s