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fix: stop rewriting the wiki every run (hash excludes Last Updated timestamp) #35

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fix: exclude Last Updated timestamp from wiki change-detection hash
bakerboy448 Jun 24, 2026
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style: revert accidental whole-file reformat, keep only the hash fix
bakerboy448 Jun 24, 2026
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions modlog_wiki_publisher.py
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Expand Up @@ -366,8 +366,15 @@ def setup_database():


def get_content_hash(content: str) -> str:
"""Calculate SHA-256 hash of content"""
return hashlib.sha256(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
"""Calculate SHA-256 hash of content for wiki change-detection.

Excludes the volatile ``**Last Updated:** <timestamp>`` header line so an
unchanged modlog produces a stable hash. Hashing the timestamped content
made every run differ, defeating the wiki_hash_cache skip and rewriting the
wiki page (a fresh revision) on every cycle even when nothing changed.
"""
hashable = re.sub(r"^\*\*Last Updated:\*\* .*\n", "", content, count=1)
return hashlib.sha256(hashable.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()


def get_cached_wiki_hash(subreddit: str, wiki_page: str) -> Optional[str]:
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