doc: describe hledger-web's change detection & limitation

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Simon Michael 2014-12-22 08:30:09 -08:00
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@ -1317,6 +1317,9 @@ served from a generic web server like apache, which is good at handling static
files and caching. One can also serve the files in a separate domain to reduce
cookies overhead.
The web app detects changes in journal files, showing the new data on the next request.
(It does not currently detect changes in CSV or rules files.)
**Note:** unlike any other hledger command, `web` can alter existing journal
data, via the edit form. A numbered backup of the file is saved on
each edit, normally (ie if file permissions allow, disk is not full, etc.)