am...@32bit.cafe writes: > As far as I can tell, this would fall under 'feature request,' but if I've > missed the miracle variable I'm looking for that'd be great to hear about > too. > > It seems that, presently, when publishing an org-mode project, regardless > of the content of the org-publish-use-timestamps-flag variable, a > timestamps directory (by default ~/.org-timestamps, though I presently > have it set to .timestamps in the base of my project directory) is > created. > > I would like to request that this _not_ happen, or another variable be > added to determine whether it happens or not. This directory is not useful > to me and annoying to see in an otherwise clean directory structure.
Note that you can delete that directory in `org-publish-after-publishing-hook'. If you want to make Org not create that directory unless strictly necessary, feel free to submit a patch to that effect. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode maintainer, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>