Faster site rebuilds
Re-building your site is now faster than before, thanks to a few improvements made in the latest commit:
- rebuild only the relevant index pages after creating a new post
- cache parts of the site which dont change during a site build:
- site header
- site navigation
- site footer
Other fixes added in this commit include:
- updated help info in various scripts
- keep onwards journeys of all posts up-to-date when adding a new post
Partial rebuild details
Updates have been made to .app/update_pages.sh - if $1 is a .mdsh of a
post, a partial rebuild will be triggered.
Updates in .app/create_post.sh have been made so a partial rebuild is triggered
after creating a new post.
Partial rebuilds update all the relevant index pages (authors, categories, tags, etc), while ignoring pages that are unaffected by the new post being added to the site.
In other words, partial rebuilds will "re-index" your post, so that listings/information about it elsewhere on the site are in the right place and up-to-date.
Cached content
During a rebuild, the site header, footer and navigation - which do not change during a build - are generated from templates then cached after the first page is built, and the cached versions used thereafter, until the rebuild is finished. Once a site rebuild is finished, the cached files are deleted.
This ensures cached files are only kept as long as they are "up-to-date" - site data cannot be changed during a build, so caching content for the duration of the build, but not between builds should work fine.