Foswiki distinguishes between system webs (starting with "_") and normal webs when creating new webs based on a template / baseweb. For system webs all topics (and not just Web* topics) are copied over to the new web.

The current implementation expects system webs to be webs on the highest level (not subwebs).

If nobody objects, I will change the regex in Foswiki::Store::createWeb from

    unless ( $baseWeb =~ /^_/ ) {

        # not a system web, so filter for only Web* topics
        @topicList = grep { /^Web/ } @topicList;
    }

to

    unless ( $baseWeb =~ /^.*[\/.]_([^\/.]+)/ ) {

        # not a system web, so filter for only Web* topics
        @topicList = grep { /^Web/ } @topicList;
    }

to support subwebs at this point.

-- OliverKrueger - 27 Nov 2008

there's an assumption that you'll be making unit tests to examine and expose any risks?

-- SvenDowideit

Do I need a FeatureRequest for this?

-- OliverKrueger - 28 Mar 2010

i would say not; seems like a "straightforward" bug to me. sven is just asking that you make the appropriate tests...

-- WillNorris - 29 Mar 2010

Agree.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 28 Aug 2010

Too late for the 1.0 release. In 1.1 this is already done with a

/(?:^_|\/_)/

in Foswiki::WebFilter.

Closing.

-- OliverKrueger - 12 Sep 2010