[PATCH] Re: Any reason not to generate my own custom ID value (NOT CUSTOM_ID)?

[Ihor Radchenko]

See the attached.

>From bc492bd2fb87912289c135006b6fbeaca93ba181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:42:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Allow customised ID format for `ts' `org-id-method'

* lisp/org-id.el (org-id-new): Use `org-id-ts-format' as ID format for
`ts' ID generation method.
(org-id-ts-format): New custom variable for `ts' ID format.  The
default value is the same as old hard-coded ID format string.
---
 lisp/org-id.el | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org-id.el b/lisp/org-id.el
index f8af52964..512703269 100644
--- a/lisp/org-id.el
+++ b/lisp/org-id.el
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ nil   Never use an ID to make a link, instead link using a 
text search for
   :group 'org-id
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom org-id-ts-format "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.%6N"
+  "Default format for IDs generated using `ts' `org-id-method'.
+The format should be suitable to pass as an argument to `format-time-string'.")
+
 (defcustom org-id-method 'uuid
   "The method that should be used to create new IDs.
 
@@ -380,7 +384,7 @@ So a typical ID could look like \"Org:4nd91V40HI\"."
                            (concat "@" (message-make-fqdn))))))
        (setq unique (concat etime postfix))))
      ((eq org-id-method 'ts)
-      (let ((ts (format-time-string "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.%6N"))
+      (let ((ts (format-time-string org-id-ts-format))
            (postfix (if org-id-include-domain
                         (progn
                           (require 'message)
-- 
2.26.2

Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Ihor,
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> However, I just (strongly) prefer the shorter "ISO-like" ID for many
>>> reasons, as already mentioned (shorter, meaningful, etc.).  I just find
>>> that style much, much more elegant.
>>
>> I guess it does not take much to add this functionality.
>>
>> Patch attached.
>
> Thanks.  Can you update the patch with a correct Changelog entry and a
> note to etc/ORG-NEWS announcing the new option?
>
> See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#commit-messages if it 
> helps.
>
> -- 
>  Bastien