mkdocument

#!/bin/bash
set -e
TITLE=${1}
POSTDIR=_posts
EDITDIR=edit

if [ ! -n "${TITLE}" ] || [ -n "${2}" ]
then
  echo "USAGE: ${0} 'Title of my Blog Super-Post!'"
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -n "${EDITOR}" ]; then
  if [ -n "`which vim`" ]; then
    EDITOR=vim
  elif [ -n "`which nano`" ]; then
    EDITOR=nano
  elif [ -n "`which emacs`" ]; then
    EDITOR=emacs
  else
    echo "Couldn't find an editor. Tried vim, nano, & emacs. Try \`export EDITOR=your-favorite-editor\` "
  fi
fi

SLUG=`echo "${TITLE}" \
  | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' \
  | tr ' ' '-' \
  | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9\-]/-/g' \
  | sed 's/-\+/-/g' \
  | sed -e 's/^-//g' -e 's/-$//g'`

FILE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`-${SLUG}.md
EDFILE=${EDITDIR}/${SLUG}.md

if [ ! -e ${POSTDIR}/${FILE} ]
then
  mkdir -p "${POSTDIR}"
  cat - > /tmp/${FILE} << EOF
---
layout: article
uuid: `uuidgen`
title: `echo ${TITLE}`
name: `echo ${SLUG}`
created_at: `date +'%Y-%m-%d'`
updated_at: `date +'%Y-%m-%d'`
categories: unfinished
---

You just created ${EDFILE}.

Notice the UPDATED ME in the categories above.
Please change that to be a category.

Your article starts after the last -- above.


Remember
    
    Code blocks are indented by 4 spaces

Paragraphs have two spaces between lines.
Sentances have one.

  * lists can be bullet
  * like this

or

  1. can be numbered
  2. like this

Large Header
====

Small Header
----

>  block quotes have
>  a carret and two spaces
>
>    and can contain code
>
>  * bullets
>
>  1. etc
EOF

  cat /tmp/${FILE}
  mv /tmp/${FILE} ${POSTDIR}/${FILE}

  mkdir -p ${EDITDIR}
  ln -s ../${POSTDIR}/${FILE} ${EDFILE}
fi

$EDITOR ${EDFILE}
git add ${POSTDIR}/${FILE} ${EDFILE}
echo "Saved '${EDFILE}' and added to git repository."