Is there a way to explicitly set/override the github discussion i want associated with a given page/note?

[rufuspollock]

My use case:

• i've create a discussion in github discucssions.
• There were comments.
• Later on i migrated main content of that discussion into my digital garden.
• I want to now have those comments show up on my post in the digital garden ... (ie. to associate that github discussion with that note?)

Question: Is there a way to explicitly set/override the github discussion i want associated with a given page/note in my website / digital garden?

e.g. in the frontmatter i'd have something like:

giscus_id: 270

And then the discussion from discussion 270 would show up on that note.

[rufuspollock]

@khalilcodes as implementer of the discussions stuff perhaps you could answer this one ...

[khalilcodes]

@rufuspollock yes this is possible to do by checking explicitly if a frontmatter field giscus_id exists and then use that for mapping else default to using the pathname. The giscus_id would be the discussion number.

Another alternative can be that you can modify the title of the discussion to have the new page's pathname and giscus should map that automatically, since that is the mapping method setup currently.

[khalilcodes]

@rufuspollock That would be the discussion number.

[rufuspollock]

@khalilcodes to clarity: does this functionality already exist and can you point to the main docs for it (or can we update the docs so it is clear) 🙏

[khalilcodes]

@rufuspollock sorry I meant this is possible to implement as a feat, and does not yet exist in current flowershow.

[rufuspollock]

@khalilcodes so there is no way to do this currently, correct?

And how does current system work? and where is that documented?

[khalilcodes]

so there is no way to do this currently, correct?

@rufuspollock Yes correct.

Some explanation on working with additional links are in docs here - https://flowershow.app/docs/comments#developers