[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30854: `wp_insert_post` doesn't save revision for new published post

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#30854: `wp_insert_post` doesn't save revision for new published post
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 Reporter:  JamesDiGioia                         |       Owner:
                                                 |  adamsilverstein
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.9
Component:  Revisions                            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests has-        |     Focuses:
  testing-info needs-testing needs-dev-note      |
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Comment (by adamsilverstein):

 @peterwilsoncc do you have additional questions about this change? Do you
 have the time to give it a test? You shouldn't see any change in the
 current behavior for revisions when using the WordPress UI. Eg, there
 shouldn't be any new/additional crated revisions vs. before the patch.

 The main thing this would effect is plugins that create new content, for
 example a post duplication plugin, or a distribution plugin, or restoring
 content from an XML export.

 In these cases (unless the plugin manually created a revision), users
 would not have to save their content twice before they could access the
 revision screen, and there would be no revisions copy of the original
 content state. After this patch, these posts will all have a revisions
 versions that matches the original content, and you will see the revisions
 screen link after a single update.

 I don't think we ever fixed this for imports, so one way to test this (cc:
 @hellofromTonya ) would be to use the export feature to export some posts
 from a site, then import them into a site and edit a published imported
 post. Try removing some content and updating. You will find that you can't
 use revisions to go back to the original state before you removed the
 content. if you make additional changes and save again, revisions will
 appear, but the original state will be missing entirely.

 This seems like a worthwhile fix for a longstanding issue that continues
 to effect users. I'd still like to get it in for 5.9.

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