Question

If I continuely write a topic, I would like to have full control about the creation of new revisions.

That means that

• a new revision is automatically created if {ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin} is run out
• a new revision can be force within {ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin} through checkin "force revision" within the editor

How can I force that a new revision is -not- created in case that

• I made the previos edit
• it was long ago (longer than {ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin})
• I don't want a new revision to be created

Tanks in advance, Alex

Environment

-- AlexanderScholler - 11 Aug 2006

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

As you noticed, the {ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin} configure setting sets the time a topic keeps the same revision. You could temporarily change this setting, do your edit, and restore the setting.

There is also an undocumented repRev feature to change the top revision without creating a new rev, only available to the admins. It is not recommended to use this feature other than for admin/debug since it may undermine the trust in the system. Read more about how to use it in the lib/TWiki.cfg

-- PeterThoeny - 11 Aug 2006