Re: [PATCH] org-id: allow using parent's existing id in links to headlines

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

"Rick Lupton" <mail@ricklupton.name> writes:

> Here is a small new feature for org-id that I have been using and finding useful. The patch adds the option to look for ancestors of the current headline that have an ID defined and use that together with a link search string to link to specific headlines, without needing every single headline to have its own ID.

I think that it will be a reasonable addition.

> Now, with `org-id-link-to-org-use-id' set to `inherit`, "H2" is not modified, and the resulting link is `[[id:abc::*H2][H2]]`, which will still take you to the same place as long as the sub-heading is unique within the parent heading with an ID.

What about inherited CUSTOM_ID?

> Feedback on the patch welcome. If you would like to merge this I will (I assume) need to sort out FSF copyright assignment and update ORG-NEWS and the manual.

Yes, on both questions.
See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#copyright

> +	  ((and (featurep 'org-id)
> +            (eq org-id-link-to-org-use-id 'inherit))

What if none of the parents have an ID?

> +           ;; Store a link using the inherited ID and search string
> +           (setq cpltxt (condition-case nil
> +                            (prog1 (org-id-store-link 'inherit)
> ...
> +                           "NONE"))))))

This is code duplication from another branch of the same function.
Please, rewrite without copy-pasting large chunks of code.

For example, you can extract the common parts of the code into a private
helper function.

>  ;;;###autoload
> -(defun org-id-store-link ()
> +(defun org-id-store-link (&optional inherit)
>    "Store a link to the current entry, using its ID.
>  
> +If INHERIT is non-nil, consider also parents' IDs if the current
> +entry does not have an ID.
> +

This will no longer store a link to current entry with INHERIT argument.
The search string will be missing from the link path.

Ideally, we should have all the necessary logic to store the link within
`org-id-store-link' and then use `org-link-set-parameters' to configure
id links.

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