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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+package IkiWiki::Plugin::transient;
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use IkiWiki 3.00;
+
+sub import {
+ hook(type => "getsetup", id => "transient", call => \&getsetup);
+ hook(type => "checkconfig", id => "transient", call => \&checkconfig);
+ hook(type => "change", id => "transient", call => \&change);
+}
+
+sub getsetup () {
+ return
+ plugin => {
+ # this plugin is safe but only makes sense as a
+ # dependency; similarly, it needs a rebuild but
+ # only if something else does
+ safe => 0,
+ rebuild => 0,
+ },
+}
+
+our $transientdir;
+
+sub checkconfig () {
+ eval q{use Cwd 'abs_path'};
+ error($@) if $@;
+ $transientdir = abs_path($config{wikistatedir})."/transient";
+ add_underlay($transientdir);
+}
+
+sub change (@) {
+ foreach my $file (@_) {
+ # If the corresponding file exists in the transient underlay
+ # and isn't actually being used, we can get rid of it.
+ # Assume that the file that just changed has the same extension
+ # as the obsolete transient version: this'll be true for web
+ # edits, and avoids invoking File::Find.
+ my $casualty = "$transientdir/$file";
+ if (srcfile($file) ne $casualty && -e $casualty) {
+ debug(sprintf(gettext("removing transient version of %s"), $file));
+ IkiWiki::prune($casualty);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+1;