> In current ikiwiki, you can get a broadly similar effect by either
> using \[[!meta redir=foo]] (which does a HTML `<meta>` redirect)
> or reconfiguring the web server. --[[smcv]]
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+>> The CGI spec (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875) says that a CGI can cause a redirect by returning a Location: header.
+>> So it's possible; desirable (due to your point about conflicting with git-annex support) is a different matter.