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diff --git a/docs/generation.md b/docs/generation.md index 126f2bd..3941800 100644 --- a/docs/generation.md +++ b/docs/generation.md @@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ timestamps, and `--shuffle` preview order remain non-deterministic. Set choices repeatable for stable tests or reproducible album builds. Use the same seed and inputs to produce the same HTML. +`CHRONOLOGICAL_ORDER=yes` (see "Photo ordering" in +[configuration.md](configuration.md)) is always deterministic regardless of +`RANDOM_SEED`: it orders by each photo's EXIF date taken (with a source-mtime +fallback), so it needs no seed to repeat, and it takes precedence over +`SHUFFLE` when both are enabled. + ## Parallelism and timeouts ImageMagick photo processing and per-photo HTML template rendering run in @@ -111,9 +117,9 @@ metadata records: * generated photo, thumbnail, and HTML file counts; * tarball status (included + file); * effective settings (title, height, thumbheight, maxpreviews, subdivide - percent, feature percent, image jobs, random seed, shuffle, splash page, - details page, stats page, original basepath) useful for debugging a published - album. + percent, feature percent, image jobs, random seed, chronological order, + shuffle, splash page, details page, stats page, original basepath) useful for + debugging a published album. ## Favicon |