Adds rake task for creating a new post

queuebit · queuebit · commit e68ba50bc2b6 · 2016-03-31T10:30:52.000-04:00
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require 'date'
+
+desc "Create blog post with :name"
+task :new_post, [:name] do |t, args|
+  post_name = [Date.today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), "-", args[:name].downcase.gsub(" ","-"),".md"].join
+  puts "Creating blog post with name: \n _posts/#{post_name}"
+  File.open("_posts/#{post_name}", 'w') do |f|
+    f.puts "---"
+    f.puts "layout: post"
+    f.puts "title: #{args[:name]}"
+    f.puts "categories:"
+    f.puts "- blog"
+    f.puts "---"
+    f.puts ""
+  end
+
+  ## Open the new post within vim
+  exec "vim _posts/#{post_name}"
+end
