Hi Diego > Do you all think that this behavior is indeed a bug?
The present behaviour is what was implemented originally; it could be changed, but subject to backwards compatibility (in particular, the import mechanism is reused by the upgrade process so we’d need to make sure that that still works). Best wishes Jeremy > > Best, > Diego > > On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 6:01:14 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: > Sorry, > > My Mistake, I could not locate the option to select this, so I saved it. It > comes with the Marios Tiddler Bundle Plugin > > see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/_Uqbg08Pjow > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/_Uqbg08Pjow> > > and has the side effect of letting you choose to overwrite or create new with > duplicate tiddler names even when using the import facility. > > Tony > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 10:13:19 AM UTC+11, Diego Mesa wrote: > Sorry Tony, > > Maybe I'm missing something, but is this just the code for the actual > checkbox not the mechanism? > > Thanks! > Diego > > On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 4:55:02 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: > A Dump from my own notes=, using import, perhaps this will help. > > $:/config/wikilabs/enableOverwriteCheck = no vs Yes > > <$checkbox tiddler="$:/config/wikilabs/enableOverwriteCheck" field="text" > checked="yes" unchecked="no" default="no"> Enable Overwrite Check</$checkbox> > > By default, the import mechanism overwrites existing tiddlers. By enabling > this option, you can activate a mechanism, that creates a new tiddler name. > By default this option is off. > > Tony > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 9:40:32 AM UTC+11, Diego Mesa wrote: > Hello all, > > I just now realized that importing does not warn about overwriting existing > tiddlers with the same name! I feel this is a bug, but am not sure if this is > the desired behavior. If it is, I will open an issue on GitHub asking for a > warning to be shown. > > Steps to reproduce: > Go to https://tiddlywiki.com/ <https://tiddlywiki.com/> > Drag and drop the attached tiddler to import > Accept import > > Desired Outcome: > The import tiddler warns you of the incoming tiddler with the same name and > leaves that conflicting incoming tiddler unchecked, preventing accidental > data loss. A user can still manually check it, acknowledging the warning. > > Actual Outcome: > The import tiddler shows no indication of a collision/existing tiddler. Upon > accepting the import, the contents of the HelloThere tiddler are lost without > warning. > > I came across this while trying to import around 100 tiddlers into my TW. > These tiddlers were automatically generated using a modified bibtex importer > in another playground TW for some papers I am working with. I realized after > the fact, that I already had an entry in my actual TW for a paper, whose > content I now lost. > > > Note: The attached tiddler is just a title of "HelloThere" and the content > "modified": > > [ > { > "created": "20171218222709327", > "text": "modified", > "title": "HelloThere", > "tags": "", > "modified": "20171218222716073" > } > ] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki > <https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cd8aaf8b-0918-4e6a-99fa-573f743e0ede%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cd8aaf8b-0918-4e6a-99fa-573f743e0ede%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/0586B61E-1B39-4712-8013-EA08367321F4%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
