automatic jekyll posts!

auto_jekyll.sh

#! /bin/bash
BLOG_DIR=/where/is/your/jekyll/blog
ASSETS_DIR=$BLOG_DIR/subpath/for/your/assets/like/images/or/whatever

function join { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }

MAKE_TITULAR_DIR=false
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
	TITLE="new_post"
	TITLE_STUB=$TITLE
else
	TITLE=$1
	TITLE_STUB=$(echo $(join - $TITLE) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
	echo $TITLE_STUB
	MAKE_TITULAR_DIR=true
fi

YMD=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
declare -a DATE_ARRAY=(`date +%Y` `date +%m` `date +%d`)

PAR_DIR=$ASSETS_DIR
cd $PAR_DIR

for DIR in "${DATE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
	echo "finding $DIR in $PAR_DIR"
	
	has_dir=`find $PAR_DIR -type d -name "$DIR"`
	if [[ -z "$has_dir" ]]; then
		echo "making new directory $DIR"
		mkdir $DIR
	fi
	
	PAR_DIR=`pwd`
	cd $DIR

done

if $MAKE_TITULAR_DIR; then
	mkdir $TITLE_STUB
fi

cat << EOF > $BLOG_DIR/_posts/$YMD-$TITLE_STUB.markdown
---
layout: post
title: "$TITLE"
date: `date +%Y-%m-%d` `date +%T`
---

EOF

# CHANGE THIS TO WHATEVER COMMAND OPENS UP STUFF IN YOUR TEXT EDITOR OF CHOICE :)
open -a /Applications/TextWrangler.app $BLOG_DIR