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Joey Hess 2011-11-30 16:09:09 -04:00
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@ -32,3 +32,19 @@ Alternatively, one might invent a new way of specifying alternative settings. i
where the existance of the <tt>additionalsites</tt> list provokes additional runs through using the settings with matching extra bits to be used to override the defaults found in the rest of the file.
Just brainstorming a bit after [[liw]]'s comment about this being useful on IRC, and thought I'd write the idea up while I was thinking about it. -[[fil]]
> I don't think you can avoid ikiwiki needing to store a different
> `.ikiwiki` directory with state for each site. Differences in
> configuration can affect the state it stores in arbitrary ways,
> ranging from which pages are even built to what plugins are enabled and
> store state. This also means that it doesn't make sense to try and
> share state amoung rebuilds of the same site.
>
> There is a hidden, and undocumented configuration setting `wikistatedir`
> that can actually be pointed at a different directory than `.ikiwiki`.
> Then you can rebuild multiple configurations from one working directory.
>
> Another handy trick is to use the old perl-format (not yaml) setup file,
> and parameterize it using `$ENV{FOO}`, then you can build two different
> setups from the same setup file.
> --[[Joey]]