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Subject: Re: CUSTOM_ID vs ID
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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com> writes:
>
>> Can you talk a little bit about how IDs are generated so that they are
>> absolutely unique?
>
> See `org-id-new'. By default, it uses "uuidgen" command.
>
>> IDs sound like something that would be useful for synchronizing
>> information between two (or more) separate Org systems - the ID could be
>> updated whenever a change occurs and then used to determine what needs
>> synchronization.  True?
>
> I think this is different. ID property is meant to never change once
> created. If you update it, you lose the reference to the headline, which
> defeats the intended purpose.

Ah. Gotcha.
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David