[mh] collections.json being changed on $Pgm_Root?

Hi Howard,

Question on collections.json...

I set data_dir in my .ini file to avoid writing to $Pgm_Root/data. That
way git never finds a modified file in $Pgm_Root/data and I keep the
source code tree separate from the data (I'm guessing this is how
everybody does it).

I just found out that ia7_update_collection() in lib/ia7_utilities.pl
will update all collections.json files in all locations
($Pgm_Root/data/web/, $config_parms{data_dir}/web/, and
$config_parms{ia7_data_dir}/).

However, when reading the file, we seem to use the order
$config_parms{data_dir}/web/, $config_parms{ia7_data_dir}/, and
$Pgm_Root/data/web/, and stop with the first one we find.

(And similar for writing in json_write_file() -- we write to the first
we find and then stop.)

Is there any reason for updating the same file in all locations,
especially the one at $Pgm_Root/data/web/ (which will throw git off);
should we just no update the first one we find?

Cheers,

Eloy Paris.-



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