start jekyll post from commandline and stage

newpost.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# Create new jekyll post and open in textmate
# $ ruby _new.rb This is the title

# The arguments form the title
unless ARGV[0]
  raise "Please provide a post title."
end

# Create a URL slug from the title
def slugify(title)
    str = title.dup
    str.gsub!(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/,"")
    str.gsub!(/[ ]+/," ")
    str.gsub!(/ /,"-")
    str.downcase!
    str
end

# Create parameters
root   = "/Users/bcf/Sites/b.atcg.us/"
title  = ARGV.join(' ')
slug   = slugify(title)
prefix = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
datetime = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
file   = "#{prefix}-#{slug}.markdown"
path   = File.join(root, "_posts/#{file}")
text   = <<-eos
---
title: #{title}
layout: post
date: #{datetime}
---

eos

# Create a new file and open it in textmate
File.open(path, 'w') { |f| f.write(text) }
#system("mate #{path}")
system("mate", "-w", path)
#system("git", "add", path)

updated such that it was an amalgamation of previous gist and content from http://bjorkoy.com/2010/05/blogging-with-jekyll-git-and-slicehost/

added date to YAML front-matter.