[dokuwiki] Re: Avoiding "external edit"

Jan,

> To move the data, I use tar/untar of the data directory.
> This seems to work well, except for one thing. The author
> history of pages is preserved, except for the current
> version: there it says "external edit".

From memory, I believe the solution to your problem is to additionally
back up the 'meta' directory which stores meta information on pages.

> I'm moving my dokuwiki's to a different host. I'd like
> to preserve the whole history.

Additionally, you'll need to back up the revisions directory, which is
named 'attic', to get older revisions.
(If this is what you mean by "preserve the whole history.")

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