From 01a086a3c8cb08566dddd833c940a6c97db8bc35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:51:16 +0200
Subject: use mtime exclusively when generating
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md -> htm processing writes mtimes from git
htm files that are not generated have their mtime set from git via a
preprocessor step

Signed-off-by: Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io>
---
 src/gen.zig | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/gen.zig')

diff --git a/src/gen.zig b/src/gen.zig
index 3e5fa9b..4b9735d 100644
--- a/src/gen.zig
+++ b/src/gen.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,33 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const log = std.log.scoped(.gen);
 const Context = @import("main.zig").Context;
 const fs = @import("fs.zig");
+const exe = @import("exe.zig");
+
+pub fn fixMtimes(ctx: *Context) !void {
+    ctx.progress_start("Fix mtimes");
+    defer ctx.progress_end();
+
+    var counter: usize = 0;
+    for (ctx.pages.items) |p| {
+        ctx.progress_start(p);
+        defer ctx.progress_end();
+
+        const path = try fs.joinPathAndFilename(ctx.allocator(), &.{Context.params.PAGE_PATH}, &.{p});
+        defer ctx.allocator().free(path);
+
+        const mdpath = try fs.replaceExtension(ctx.allocator(), p, "md");
+        defer ctx.allocator().free(mdpath);
+
+        std.fs.cwd().access(mdpath, .{ .mode = .read_only }) catch {
+            // only set mtime from git if no markdown source is used
+            const ts = fs.getGitTime(path) catch continue;
+            try fs.setMtime(path, ts);
+            counter += 1;
+        };
+    }
+
+    log.info("Retimed {d} pages.", .{counter});
+}
 
 pub fn generate(ctx: *Context) !void {
     ctx.progress_start("generate");
@@ -111,7 +138,7 @@ fn genSite(ctx: *Context) !void {
 
 // build a single html file
 fn build(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, w: std.io.AnyWriter, page_name: []const u8, srcpath: []const u8) !void {
-    const mtime = try (fs.getGitTime(srcpath) catch fs.getMtime(srcpath));
+    const mtime = try fs.getMtime(srcpath);
     const mtime_str = try fs.formatTimespec(allocator, mtime, "%F");
     defer allocator.free(mtime_str);
 
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cgit 1.4.1