Simple program to generate jekyll and github pages friendly posts.

post.cs

class Program
{
	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		if (args.Length == 0)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("post <title> <optional-date> <optional-tags>");
			return;
		}

		string title = args[0];

		string outputFolder = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();

		string postSubFolder = Path.Combine(outputFolder, "_posts");

		if (Directory.Exists(postSubFolder))
			outputFolder = postSubFolder;

		string formattedDate = string.Empty;

		if (args.Length > 1)
		{
			formattedDate = args[1];
		}
		else
		{
			DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
			formattedDate = date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
		}

		string suggestedTags = string.Empty;
		
		if (args.Length > 2)
		{
			suggestedTags = args[2];
		}

		string fileName = string.Format("{0}-{1}.markdown", formattedDate, title.Replace(" ", "-").ToLower());
		string path = Path.Combine(outputFolder, fileName);

		var utf8WithoutBom = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding(false);

		const bool AppendToFile = false;

		using (var writer = new StreamWriter(path, AppendToFile, utf8WithoutBom))
		{
			writer.WriteLine("---");
			writer.WriteLine("layout: post");
			writer.WriteLine("title: {0}", title);
			writer.WriteLine("published: true");
			writer.Write("tags: [ ");

			if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(suggestedTags))
			{
				string [] tags = suggestedTags.Split(new char [] { ' ', ';' });
				writer.Write(String.Join(", ", tags));
			}

			writer.WriteLine(" ]");
			writer.WriteLine("---");
			writer.WriteLine();
			writer.WriteLine(title + " - post goes here");
			writer.WriteLine();
		}
	}
}