How to get that file generated automatically on save (via edit)?
-If this is documented, sorry I missed it.
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+If this is documented, sorry I missed it.
+
+> If a revision control system is configured, ikiwiki relies on a hook
+> being triggered by its commit to the RCS, which then runs ikiwiki again
+> to do the build, same as happens when a commit is made to the RCS
+> directly. If the appropriate hook is not uncommented and configured in
+> the setup file, you could see the behavior you describe.
+>
+> If no revision control system is used, ikiwiki handles the build after
+> writing the file.
+>
+> --[[Joey]]
+
+>> Thanks for the info. I added --no-rcs to my command-line and it was fixed.
+>> I assumed that using --setup with my configuration file that had no RCS configured
+>> would override the default (subversion). I never configured anything with subversion,
+>> so I don't even know if the content was being committed and if so I don't know where.
+>> Maybe when using --setup the defaults should not be used. Or maybe the manpage can
+>> mention that if no rcs is configured in --setup configuration then it will default to svn.
+>> I wonder what else is going to defaults not in my configuration file.
+>> I don't see any way in my configuration file for disabling this.
+>> (I should figure out what happened with the subversion commits too...)
+>>
+>> --JeremyReed
+
+>>> Defaulting that to svn in a bug. Fixed. In general, there are defaults
+>>> for various things configurable by the config file, but they should not
+>>> cause suprising behavior like this. For example, it defaults to
+>>> supporting discussion pages. (You can see all the defaults near
+>>> the top of `IkiWiki.pm`).
+>>>
+>>> The svn backend would have noticed that your wiki is not in svn, and
+>>> avoided doing anything, BTW.
+>>>
+>>> I've changed the default setting that was making it use svn, so this
+>>> bug is [[bugs/done]] --[[Joey]]
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