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doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ It could also be used for an [[todo/alias_directive]].
 
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-[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/transient-only author="[[smcv]]"]]
-[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/transient-recentchanges author="[[smcv]]"]]
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/transient author="[[smcv]]"]]
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/transient-recentchanges author="[[smcv]]"]]
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/transient-tag author="[[smcv]]"]]
 [[!tag patch]]
 
 I think this branch is now enough to be useful. It adds the following:
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ as an underlay. I'm not sure whether this should be a plugin or core, so
 I erred on the side of more plugins; I think it's "on the edge of the core",
 like goto.
 
-Pages with the default extension in the transient underlay are automatically
+Pages in the transient underlay are automatically
 deleted if a page of the same name is created in the srcdir (or an underlay
 closer to the srcdir in stacking order).
 
-With the additional `transient-tag` branch,
+With the additional `ready/transient-tag` branch,
 `tag` enables `transient`, and if `tag_autocreate_commit` is set to 0
 (default 1), autocreated tags are written to the transient underlay.
 There is a regression test.
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ There is a regression test.
 With the additional `transient-autoindex` branch,
 `autoindex` uses autofiles. It also enables `transient`, and if
 `autoindex_commit` is set to 0 (default 1), autoindexes are written to
-the transient underlay. There is a regression test.
+the transient underlay. There is a regression test. However, this branch
+is blocked by working out what the desired behaviour is, on
+[[todo/autoindex_should_use_add__95__autofile]].
 
 > I wonder why this needs to be configurable? I suppose that gets back to
 > whether it makes sense to check these files in or not. The benefits of 
@@ -67,9 +70,11 @@ the transient underlay. There is a regression test.
 > commit clutter is really worth it.
 
 >> According to the last section of
->> [[todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template]], chrysn and
+>> [[todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template]], [[chrysn]] and
 >> Eric both feel rather strongly that it should be possible to
->> not commit any tags. I made it configurable because, as you point out,
+>> not commit any tags; in [[plugins/autoindex/discussion]],
+>> lollipopman and [[JoeRayhawk]] both requested the same for autoindex.
+>> I made it configurable because, as you point out,
 >> there are also reasons why it makes sense to check these
 >> automatically-created files in. I'm neutral on this, personally.
 >>
@@ -95,8 +100,8 @@ the transient underlay. There is a regression test.
 autoindex ignores pages in the transient underlay when deciding whether
 to generate an index.
 
-With the additional `transient-recentchanges` branch, new recent changes
-go in the transient underlay; I tested this manually.
+With the additional `ready/transient-recentchanges` branch, new recent
+changes go in the transient underlay; I tested this manually.
 
 Not done yet (in that branch, at least):
 
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@ Not done yet (in that branch, at least):
 >>   in the transient location. Ok, it only saves 1 syscall :)
 
 >>> Is an unlink() really that expensive? But, OK, fixed in the
->>> `transient-recentchanges` branch. --s
+>>> `ready/transient-recentchanges` branch. --s
 
 >> * Similarly it's a bit worrying for performance that it
 >>   needs to pull in and use `Cwd` on every ikiwiki startup now.
@@ -153,9 +158,9 @@ Not done yet (in that branch, at least):
 
 >>> The reason to make it absolute is that relative underlays
 >>> are interpreted as relative to the base underlay directory,
->>> not the cwd.
+>>> not the cwd, by `add_underlay`.
 >>>
->>> The updated `transient-only` branch only loads `Cwd` if
+>>> The updated `ready/transient-only` branch only loads `Cwd` if
 >>> the path is relative; an extra commit on branch
 >>> `smcv/transient-relative` goes behind `add_underlay`'s
 >>> back to allow use of a cwd-relative underlay. Which direction
@@ -171,15 +176,16 @@ Not done yet (in that branch, at least):
 >>   to use that pageext? Would it be better to look up the
 >>   complete source filename?
 
+>>> I've updated `ready/transient` to do a more thorough GC by
+>>> using File::Find on the transient directory. This does
+>>> require `File::Find` and `Cwd`, but only when pages change,
+>>> and `refresh` loads both of those in that situation anyway.
+>>>
 >>> At the moment everything in the transientdir will either
 >>> have the `default_pageext` or be internal, although I
 >>> did wonder whether to make [[plugins/contrib/album]]
 >>> viewer pages optionally be `html`, for better performance
->>> when there's a very large number of photos.
->>>
->>> A more thorough garbage-collection mechanism would be to
->>> use File::Find on the transient directory; I'll get there
->>> eventually. --s
+>>> when there's a very large number of photos. --s
 
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