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diff --git a/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn b/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn index 521c29f9e..6296c3df1 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn @@ -10,3 +10,17 @@ if we do this, then the following command should print 302 curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}" http://baz.thomaslevine.com/bar/ + +> An interesting idea, but it conflicts somewhat with wanting symlinks to be +> treated as the referenced file when it's safe to do so, which would be +> great for [[todo/git-annex support]], and also good to avoid duplication +> for files in system-wide underlays. +> +> Also, I don't think this is possible without help from the web server +> configuration: for instance, under Apache, I believe the only way to get +> an HTTP 302 redirect is via Apache-specific `.htaccess` files or +> system-level Apache configuration. +> +> In current ikiwiki, you can get a broadly similar effect by either +> using \[[!meta redir=foo]] (which does a HTML `<meta>` redirect) +> or reconfiguring the web server. --[[smcv]] |