diff --git a/doc/patchqueue/move_page.mdwn b/doc/patchqueue/move_page.mdwn index fcf416a4a..3af49bbdb 100644 --- a/doc/patchqueue/move_page.mdwn +++ b/doc/patchqueue/move_page.mdwn @@ -29,9 +29,27 @@ Anyhow, here's the patch, for whatever good it does. Hmm. Shouldn't that be done on a by-RCS basis, though? (i.e. implemented by backends in the `rcs_move` function) +> Probably, yes, but maybe there's a way to avoid duplicating code for that +> in several of them. + Also, how should ikiwiki react if a page is edited (say, by another user) before it is moved? Bail, or shrug and proceed? +> The important thing is to keep in mind that the page could be edited, +> moved, deleted, etc in between the user starting the move and the move +> happening. So, the code really needs to deal with all of these cases in +> some way. It seems fine to me to go ahead with the move even if the page +> was edited. If the page was deleted or moved, it seems reasonable to exit +> with an error. +> +> Another set of issues exists if a separate web user is trying to edit the +> page at the same time. We'll have to make sure that something sane +> happens there; will ikiwiki re-add the moved page under the old name if +> the user saves their edit after the move? Could be confusing.. I think it +> probably errors out instead, but I'm not sure. Of course, this is an +> issue that occurs if the page is moved using a regular svn commit too, so +> it's not really your concern in a way. :-) + Could you elaborate on [[commit-internals]]? Can I assume that ikiwiki's working copy W will always reflect a revision of the master copy M? (That is, nobody changes W and leaves it uncommitted.) I would guess @@ -41,6 +59,8 @@ the svn backend, it looks like if I edit foo.mdwn, don't commit, and then a web user makes different changes, my changes get wiped out. So does W "belong" to ikiwiki? --Ethan +> The working copy used by ikiwiki belongs to ikiwiki; it should not be +> edited directly. diff -urx .svn ikiwiki/IkiWiki/CGI.pm ikiwiki-new/IkiWiki/CGI.pm --- ikiwiki/IkiWiki/CGI.pm 2007-01-04 03:52:47.000000000 -0800