ch2md.js

import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';


const oldLogs = JSON.parse(await readFile('./changelog.json'));
const allLogs = [ oldLogs.current, ...oldLogs.history ];

const generateFrontmatter = (log) => {
    let frontmatter = [];

    frontmatter.push(
        `title: ${JSON.stringify(log.title)}`
    );

    if (log.date) {
        frontmatter.push(
            `date: ${JSON.stringify(log.date)}`,
        );
    }

    if (log.banner) {
        let banner = [];
        banner.push(
            `file: ${JSON.stringify(log.banner.file)}`,
            `alt: ${JSON.stringify(log.banner.alt)}`
        );
        frontmatter.push(
            'banner:',
            ...banner.map(a => ' '.repeat(4) + a)
        );
    }

    return [
        '---',
        ...frontmatter,
        '---',
        ''
    ].join('\n');
}

const reformatContent = (content) => {
    return content
            .replace(/\n(?!\n)/g, '\n')
            .replace(/\*;/g, '-');
}

for (const changelog of allLogs) {
    let md = '';
    console.log(changelog)
    md += generateFrontmatter(changelog);
    md += reformatContent(changelog.content);

    await writeFile(`${changelog.version}.md`, md);
}