X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/64370885cca3a37ee1f4a9e96673aca7ba5daae4..7aa10a2952a0d0ee8543f575966f7e4a780c993c:/IkiWiki/Plugin/edittemplate.pm

diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/edittemplate.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/edittemplate.pm
index c7f1e4fa7..6e8c256da 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/edittemplate.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/edittemplate.pm
@@ -130,13 +130,23 @@ sub filltemplate ($$) {
 		$template=template("/".$template_page);
 	};
 	if ($@) {
+		# gettext can clobber $@
+		my $error = $@;
 		# Indicate that the earlier preprocessor directive set 
 		# up a template that doesn't work.
-		return "[[!edittemplate ".gettext("failed to process template:")." $@]]";
+		return "[[!edittemplate ".gettext("failed to process template:")." $error]]";
 	}
 
 	$template->param(name => $page);
 
+	eval {
+		require UUID::Tiny;
+		UUID::Tiny->import(':std');
+		my $uuid;
+		$uuid = create_uuid_as_string(UUID_V4());
+		$template->param(uuid => $uuid);
+	};
+
 	return $template->output;
 }