convert rcs_revert to only stage the reversion

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / web_reversion.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/web_reversion.mdwn b/doc/todo/web_reversion.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/web_reversion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/web_reversion.mdwn
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Peter Gammie has done an initial implementation of the above.
 > (The data from `rcs_preprevert` could also be used for a confirmation
 > prompt -- it doesn't currently include enough info for diffs, but at
 > least could have a list of changed files.)
->> I added `rcs_showpatch` which simply yields the output of `git show <patch-id>`. -- [[peteg]]
 >
 > Note that it's possible for a git repo to have commits that modify wiki
 > files in a subdir, and code files elsewhere. `rcs_preprevert` should
@@ -65,3 +64,20 @@ Peter Gammie has done an initial implementation of the above.
 >> gets used to check whether attachments are allowed -- there really should be a hook for that.
 >>
 >> Please look it over and tell me what else needs fixing... -- [[peteg]]
+
+>>> I have made my own revert branch and put a few fixes in there
+>>> [[!template id=gitbranch branch=origin/revert author="[[joey]]"]]
+>>> (and fixed all the indention..). Issues I noticed but have not gotten
+>>> to: --[[Joey]] 
+>>>> Please change the git pointer above, then. I will work on your branch. -- [[peteg]]
+
+>>> * I quite don't understand why one caller of `git_parse_changes`
+>>>   needs it to chdir, and not the other one. It's running
+>>>   in the same git repo either way, and git doesn't need
+>>>   `git show` to run in a subdir at all..
+>>>> I was aping (preserving) what was already there. I don't understand what you say about `git show` - it must run under $srcdir, surely? And empirically the CGI process wasn't in the right place. By all means simplify that. -- [[peteg]]
+
+>>> * Probably needs to untaint the revs passed in.
+>>> * Seems backwards for `rcs_preprevert` to import and
+>>>   use `IkiWiki::Receive`.
+>>>> Indeed. This is saying that the checking code in IkiWiki::Receive is in the wrong place. I think it would be better to set up some general hooks and shuffle it into a plugin, for then other plugins that maintain special files in the repo can have a say about validity. -- [[peteg]]