lushone · March 6, 2014 11:29 · Jan 24, 2011
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+# ignore the "bit" stuff.. only relevant to my custom jekyll fork
+
+desc 'create new post or bit. args: type (post, bit), title, future (# of days)'
+# rake new type=(bit|post) future=0 title="New post title goes here" slug="slug-override-title"
+task :new do
+  require 'rubygems'
+  require 'chronic'
+
+  type = ENV["type"] || "bit"
+  title = ENV["title"] || "New Title"
+  future = ENV["future"] || 0
+  slug = ENV["slug"].gsub(' ','-').downcase || title.gsub(' ','-').downcase
+
+  if type == "bit"
+    TARGET_DIR = "_bits"
+  elsif future.to_i < 3
+    TARGET_DIR = "_posts"
+  else
+    TARGET_DIR = "_drafts"
+  end
+
+  if future.to_i.zero?
+    filename = "#{Time.new.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-#{slug}.markdown"
+  else
+    stamp = Chronic.parse("in #{future} days").strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+    filename = "#{stamp}-#{slug}.markdown"
+  end
+  path = File.join(TARGET_DIR, filename)
+  post = <<-HTML
+--- 
+layout: TYPE
+title: "TITLE"
+date: DATE
+---
+
+HTML
+  post.gsub!('TITLE', title).gsub!('DATE', Time.new.to_s).gsub!('TYPE', type)
+  File.open(path, 'w') do |file|
+    file.puts post
+  end
+  puts "new #{type} generated in #{path}"
+  system "open -a textmate #{path}"
+end
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