apparently all working

core/views/logbook_edit.py

@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             if json_entries_dir.is_dir(): # only 2025 currently, or the current expo
                 print(f"- Rewriting JUST this edited logbook entry to a JSON file. ")
                 this_entry = LogbookEntry.objects.get(slug=slug)
+               
                 write_entries_json([this_entry], year, editor)
             else:
                 print(f"- Rewriting the entire {year} logbook to disc ")
@@ -329,22 +330,22 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                 commit_msg = f"Online edit of logbookentry {slug}"
                 add_commit(contents_path, commit_msg, editor)
                 
-                # This does not change the URL in the browser, so despite a new slug being created,
-                # the next time this code is run it thinks a new slug needs to be created. So we should
-                # actually redirect to a new URL (an edit not a create) not simply return a render object.
-                # logbookedit/2022-08-21a
-                
-                # HOWEVER by doing a redirect rather than returning a rendered page, we lose all the 
-                # error settings e.g dateflag and authroflag so the user gets no feedback about bad data entered.
-                # so we need to pass the flags explicitly in the url and then extract them from the request in the GET bit. sigh.
-                response = HttpResponseRedirect(f"/logbookedit/{slug}?dateflag={dateflag}&authorflag={authorflag}")
-                response.set_cookie('editor_id', editor, max_age=get_cookie_max_age(request)) # cookie expires after get_cookie_max_age(request) seconds
-                return response
-                
-                # Do the redirect instead of this:
-                
-                # Code fragment illustration - not actually what gets saved to database
-                # output = f'''
+            # This does not change the URL in the browser, so despite a new slug being created,
+            # the next time this code is run it thinks a new slug needs to be created. So we should
+            # actually redirect to a new URL (an edit not a create) not simply return a render object.
+            # logbookedit/2022-08-21a
+            
+            # HOWEVER by doing a redirect rather than returning a rendered page, we lose all the 
+            # error settings e.g dateflag and authroflag so the user gets no feedback about bad data entered.
+            # so we need to pass the flags explicitly in the url and then extract them from the request in the GET bit. sigh.
+            response = HttpResponseRedirect(f"/logbookedit/{slug}?dateflag={dateflag}&authorflag={authorflag}")
+            response.set_cookie('editor_id', editor, max_age=get_cookie_max_age(request)) # cookie expires after get_cookie_max_age(request) seconds
+            return response
+            
+            # Do the redirect instead of this:
+            
+            # Code fragment illustration - not actually what gets saved to database
+            # output = f'''
 
 # <div class="tripdate" id="{slug}">{date}</div>
 # <div class="trippeople"><u>{author}</u>, {others}</div>
@@ -356,22 +357,22 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
 # <hr />
 
 # '''                # return render(
-                    # request,
-                    # "logbookform.html",
-                    # {
-                        # "form": form,
-                        # "year": year,
-                        # "date": date, "dateflag": dateflag,
-                        # "author": author, "authorflag": authorflag,
-                        # "others": others,
-                        # "place": place,
-                        # "title": title,
-                        # "tu": tu,
-                        # "entry": entry,
-                        # "output": output,
-                        # "slug": slug, 
-                    # },
-                # )
+                # request,
+                # "logbookform.html",
+                # {
+                    # "form": form,
+                    # "year": year,
+                    # "date": date, "dateflag": dateflag,
+                    # "author": author, "authorflag": authorflag,
+                    # "others": others,
+                    # "place": place,
+                    # "title": title,
+                    # "tu": tu,
+                    # "entry": entry,
+                    # "output": output,
+                    # "slug": slug, 
+                # },
+            # )
             
     # GET here. Does not fall-through from the POST section.
     else:

core/views/logbooks.py

@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ def write_entries_json(entries, year, editor):
             
     for le in entries:        
         # filename = f"{le.slug}-{le.pk:03}.json"
+        print(le)
         filename = f"{le.slug}.json"
         filepath = dirpath / filename
         ensure_dir_exists(filepath)
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ def write_entries_json(entries, year, editor):
         entrydict = serialize_logentry(le)
         write_json_file(entrydict)    
         git_add(filename, dirpath)
-       
+
     commit_msg = f"Exporting {len(entries)} logbook entries as individual files."
     git_commit(dirpath, commit_msg, editor)
     return True