add alternative (IMO better) branch

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / calendar_autocreate.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/calendar_autocreate.mdwn b/doc/todo/calendar_autocreate.mdwn
index 26c13aaa3567c121182eb2f7d911ef1343bbf96b..02659d0d1825d618a530da88f1f4f967e1bda97e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/calendar_autocreate.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/calendar_autocreate.mdwn
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ won't be offended if you correct stuff you consider awkward):
 > > the same name has been created. This would result in a conflict. The
 > > `calendar_autocreate_commit` prevents this.
 >
+> > > `tag_autocreate_commit` exists because when tag autocreation
+> > > was introduced, they were always in the `$srcdir` and committed.
+> > > I changed it so that it was possible to put them in the [[plugins/transient]]
+> > > underlay and not commit them. It defaults to 1 to preserve existing
+> > > functionality.
+> > >
+> > > When automatic tag pages (or autoindex pages) are not committed, they
+> > > go in the transient underlay, which means they can't cause conflicts:
+> > > independent page creation will simply mask them (a page in the
+> > > `$srcdir` hides a page of the same name in an underlay). I thought
+> > > this implementation did the same when not committing? --[[smcv]]
+>
+> > > > I did not realize how easy it was to use the [[plugins/transient]]
+> > > > plugin! I [[took it into
+> > > > account|https://github.com/paternal/ikiwiki/commit/492a22ac75f8b41a427a98c44525b01a6fd181b5]].
+> > > > -- [[Louis|spalax]]
+>
 > I'd personally do the conditional in gencalendaryear more like:
 >
 > [[!format perl """
@@ -160,3 +177,7 @@ sub gencalendaryear {
 > --[[smcv]]
 >
 > > Thank you for this review. -- [[Louis|spalax]]
+
+---
+
+[[smcv]], can you please go on reviewing this?