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authorsmcv <smcv@web>2015-11-30 17:52:14 -0400
committeradmin <admin@branchable.com>2015-11-30 17:52:14 -0400
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it is deliberate that internal options aren't saved
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@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ Calling ikiwiki with a bunch of options, including the `--dumpsetup somefile.set
Strange since same [[kind of bugs|bugs/dumpsetup_does_not_save_destdir]] have been fixed for `destdir`.
--[[bbb]]
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+> Options flagged as `internal` are not saved, and are not meant to be useful to save.
+> `wikistatedir` is one of those. Why do you want `wikistatedir` to be in the dumped setup?
+>
+> `wikistatedir` is always `$config{srcdir}/.ikiwiki` unless you are doing something
+> incredibly strange.
+> --[[smcv]]