From e262621db1fd778fac0fbe74fb8be38dffe956f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jmtd <jmtd@web>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:59:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] how to use dumpsetup

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 doc/usage/discussion.mdwn | 2 ++
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 Man page does not document "account\_creation\_password". I started to add it, then noticed other configurations are not documented in the manual page either. --[[JeremyReed]]
 
 The description of "--dumpsetup" says that it dumps the current configuration. For me, it always dumps the same blank/initial/default configuration. For example, "wikiname" is always "wiki". This is after changing my setup file and running ikiwiki --setup. FWIW ...--[[KarlBerry]]
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+> You need to use `--dumpsetup` at the same time as specifying your setup, i.e. `ikiwiki --setup input-setup-file --dumpsetup output-setup-file`, or `ikiwiki [ configuration flags on command line instead of setup file ] --dumpsetup output-setup` *— [[Jon]] 2020-06-23*