From 2eaee0eba05a703234563417d674bc2e4a7b4e96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dvs1
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:33:44 +1000
Subject: Deal with complex directory trees.

Just do the simple thing, drop a file in it so it's not empty.
---
 TODO.md               |  8 --------
 notYetAnotherWiki.lua | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index dc5a44b..0b47dd4 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ Fix up linky conversion.  DONE, mostly.
 - . Loop through the manually placed symlinks, adjusting "real URL" as we go.
 - + What to do about mulitple symlinks pointing to the same page?  Compare timestamps, most recent wins.
 
-Deal with complex directory trees.
-
-- /testing/even should display as even/deeper on the testing page, coz even/ has no files, but even/deeper does.
-- On the other hand, I could just create an empty page with the sub directories shown as usual.
-- Scanning /usr/share/doc on my super desktop with looots of software installed will be fun.
-- On the gripping hand, this is where we want empty directories to vanish.
-- SOOOOOOO don't show empty directories, but show their subs that have content, even if that sub is deep, but as per usual stop once we find a sub on that branch.  EEEEW branches.
-
 
 ## Some ideas
 
diff --git a/notYetAnotherWiki.lua b/notYetAnotherWiki.lua
index e84e9b0..53e3682 100755
--- a/notYetAnotherWiki.lua
+++ b/notYetAnotherWiki.lua
@@ -430,6 +430,19 @@ for name, file in pairs(Files) do
     end
 end
 
+-- Find empty subs.
+for name, sub in pairs(Subs) do
+    if 0 == #sub.files then
+	print("EMPTY " .. name)
+	h = io.open(name .. '/index.md', 'w')
+	if nil ~= h then
+	    h:write('This directory has no files.')
+	    h:close()
+	else
+	    print("Can't open " .. name .. '/index.md for writing.')
+	end
+    end
+end
 
 
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