Keeping the context when archiving in Emacs org-mode

org-archive-subtree-hierarchical.el

;; org-archive-subtree-hierarchical.el
;; modified from https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-08/msg00109.html

;; In orgmode
;; * A
;; ** AA
;; *** AAA
;; ** AB
;; *** ABA
;; Archiving AA will remove the subtree from the original file and create
;; it like that in archive target:

;; * AA
;; ** AAA

;; And this give you
;; * A
;; ** AA
;; *** AAA
 

(require 'org-archive)

(defun org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--line-content-as-string ()
  "Returns the content of the current line as a string"
  (save-excursion
    (beginning-of-line)
    (buffer-substring-no-properties
     (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))))

(defun org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--org-child-list ()
  "This function returns all children of a heading as a list. "
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    ;; this only works with org-version > 8.0, since in previous
    ;; org-mode versions the function (org-outline-level) returns
    ;; gargabe when the point is not on a heading.
    (if (= (org-outline-level) 0)
        (outline-next-visible-heading 1)
      (org-goto-first-child))
    (let ((child-list (list (org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--line-content-as-string))))
      (while (org-goto-sibling)
        (setq child-list (cons (org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--line-content-as-string) child-list)))
      child-list)))

(defun org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--org-struct-subtree ()
  "This function returns the tree structure in which a subtree
belongs as a list."
  (interactive)
  (let ((archive-tree nil))
    (save-excursion
      (while (org-up-heading-safe)
        (let ((heading
               (buffer-substring-no-properties
                (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))))
          (if (eq archive-tree nil)
              (setq archive-tree (list heading))
            (setq archive-tree (cons heading archive-tree))))))
    archive-tree))

(defun org-archive-subtree-hierarchical ()
  "This function archives a subtree hierarchical"
  (interactive)
  (let ((org-tree (org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--org-struct-subtree))
        (this-buffer (current-buffer))
        (file (abbreviate-file-name
               (or (buffer-file-name (buffer-base-buffer))
                   (error "No file associated to buffer")))))
    (save-excursion
      (setq location (org-get-local-archive-location)
            afile (org-extract-archive-file location)
            heading (org-extract-archive-heading location)
            infile-p (equal file (abbreviate-file-name (or afile ""))))
      (unless afile
        (error "Invalid `org-archive-location'"))
      (if (> (length afile) 0)
          (setq newfile-p (not (file-exists-p afile))
                visiting (find-buffer-visiting afile)
                buffer (or visiting (find-file-noselect afile)))
        (setq buffer (current-buffer)))
      (unless buffer
        (error "Cannot access file \"%s\"" afile))
      (org-cut-subtree)
      (set-buffer buffer)
      (org-mode)
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (not (equal org-tree nil))
        (let ((child-list (org-archive-subtree-hierarchical--org-child-list)))
          (if (member (car org-tree) child-list)
              (progn
                (search-forward (car org-tree) nil t)
                (setq org-tree (cdr org-tree)))
            (progn
              (goto-char (point-max))
              (newline)
              (org-insert-struct org-tree)
              (setq org-tree nil)))))
      (newline)
      (org-yank)
      (when (not (eq this-buffer buffer))
        (save-buffer))
      (message "Subtree archived %s"
               (concat "in file: " (abbreviate-file-name afile))))))

(defun org-insert-struct (struct)
  "TODO"
  (interactive)
  (when struct
    (insert (car struct))
    (newline)
    (org-insert-struct (cdr struct))))

(defun org-archive-subtree ()
  (org-archive-subtree-hierarchical)
  )

This code does not work correctly when org-archive-location is set to something like ::* Archived (that is, archive to the same file beneath the Archived headline). Would you be able to update it to handle prefix headlines as target locations?

您好。添加到 init.el 后，用 org-archive-subtree 来归档，结果出现错误： Wrong type argument: commandp, org-archive-subtree。

GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.1.0, NS appkit-1504.60 Version 10.12.1 (Build 16B2555)) of 2016-11-27
Org mode version 9.0.5 (9.0.5-elpa @ /Users/Nerrons/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20170210/)

谢谢解答！很期望能用上这个功能！

我也遇到同样的问题，系统环境和nerrons一样，我用spacemacs的配置，代码复制到user-config

我加上（interactive） 不报错了

和二楼有同样需求，设置location后不报错，但没反应，原条目还在

Firstly,
I could not use spacemacs default keybindings to use this.
I added:
(setq org-archive-default-command 'org-archive-subtree-hierarchical)
and used C-c C-x C-a.

When a subheading has been archived prior to a parent heading, it will create a duplicate parent heading.

I have a .org-file that looks like this:

* 1a-heading
** 2a-Heading
Foo bar text
*** 3a-heading
*** 3b-heading

When i archive *** 3b it correctly creates the following archive:

* 1a-heading
** 2a-Heading
*** 3b-heading

However, when i later archive the parent heading (** 2a)
The archive looks like the following:

* 1a-heading
** 2a-Heading
Foo bar text
*** 3a-heading
** 2a-Heading
*** 3b-heading