brain_dump.sh

#!bin/bash

# This script is for me creating my brain dumps that I usually do jumping right into it in vim. 
# I have a template file also defined that I can setup if I want. 
# This script also brings me back to the same context that I was in earlier

set -ex

cd ~/brain-dumps/

# Ex. 2019-04-14
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
EXTENTION='.md'
FILE_NAME="$DATE$EXTENTION"

if test -f "$FILE_NAME" 
then
    echo "File exists. Opening existing for $DATE"
else
    # Simple template
    echo "# Brain dump $DATE" >> $FILE_NAME
fi

vim $FILE_NAME
git add $FILE_NAME
git commit -m "Brain dump $FILE_NAME"
git push