From 03b8d2425c9cfb4223c4cdcc3cebb224debeb1b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:30:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: describe hledger-web's change detection & limitation --- doc/manual.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md index 4845883b1..4636d152a 100644 --- a/doc/manual.md +++ b/doc/manual.md @@ -1317,6 +1317,9 @@ served from a generic web server like apache, which is good at handling static files and caching. One can also serve the files in a separate domain to reduce cookies overhead. +The web app detects changes in journal files, showing the new data on the next request. +(It does not currently detect changes in CSV or rules files.) + **Note:** unlike any other hledger command, `web` can alter existing journal data, via the edit form. A numbered backup of the file is saved on each edit, normally (ie if file permissions allow, disk is not full, etc.)