Duplicating guides, inlining, titling...

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Filip Goc @filip

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Posted: Apr 25, 2017

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Duplicating guides, inlining, titling...

I want to have different versions of guides, the only difference being that some of the prerequisite guides are different.

The way prerequisites are handled now is a bit too undeveloped.

- Inlining prerequisite guides however does not pull in the title of the sections-guides.

- plus, inlining destroys the section structures that we so painstakingly create in the first place.

- Even ifixit currently uses small guides to create sections; abandoning step title altogether in favor of guide titles being rendered as section titles.

Is there wa way to actually duplicate a guide including all the prerequisites/ sections just as they are?

I tried it with API, but failing so far. Should it be possible with API or is it a vain exercise?

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Eric Doster @eric Rep: 1.8k · Answer 1 · 2017-04-25T11:06:35-07:00

Hi Filip -

Yes, the API is definitely the best option at this point for an efficient way to create a clone of an existing guide (while keeping the existing prerequisite guide structure intact in the new guide). I think we may be able to help create some example scripts to make this easier for you if you're running into this need consistently. We're also looking to make a more robust guide duplication tool in the future - but it's not yet on the roadmap.

Cheers,

Eric