Item10577: Add the parameter forceoverwrite to the save CGI script

I try to copy one topic to another web by the form:

<form name="new" action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{save}%/Public/" method="post" target="_blank">
     <input type="hidden" name="topic" value="Public.%TOPIC%"/>
     <input type="hidden" name="templatetopic" value="Private.%TOPIC%" />
     <input type="hidden" name="topicparent" value="NewsLetterList" />
     <input type="hidden" name="onlywikiname" value="off" />
     <input type="hidden" name="onlynewtopic" value="off" />
     <input type="hidden" name="forcenewrevision" value="on" />
     <input type="submit" class="foswikiSubmit" value="Copy to Public Web" />
</form>

When the destination topic already exists, the content of the templatetopic is not applied to the save action.

A new parameter forceoverwrite would behave as if the destination topic would be not existing (the templatetopic would be used) but the resulting destination topic is generated in a new revision.

Alternatively a new script called copy would be helpful, that would just take the source content and place it at the destination target in a new revision.

-- MartinRaabe - 30 Mar 2011

This probably needs some discussion in a feature proposal.

-- GeorgeClark - 11 Apr 2011

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