A script for taking notes more easily.

notes.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Script: notes.sh
# Author: Elijah C. M. Voigt
# License: MIT
#
# Installation:
#   Add this to your path, make it executable, and add this line to your ${SHELL}rc
#   alias notes='. notes.sh'
#   That will add the command `notes` to your shell.
#
# About:
#   This will create a git repository at ~/Notes (configurable).
#   Every day it will create a new entry at ~/Notes/YEAR/MONTH/DAY (configurable).
#   The first time you run it in a day it will populate the file with a template (configurable).
#   When `notes` is run after that throughout the day it will open that file with your cursor at the end (configurable).
#   Every time you close the file it saves and commits the file with the commit message being the time you opened the file (configurable).

USAGE="notes: for note taking.

Usage:
  notes [-h | --help] [quick note]";

if [[ $1 == '-h' || $1 == '--help' ]]; then
  echo "$USAGE";
  return 0
fi

QUIET=1;
NOTES_DIR=$HOME/Notes;
TODAY_DIR=$NOTES_DIR/`date +%Y/%m`;
TODAY_FILE=$TODAY_DIR/`date +%d`;
COMMIT_MESSAGE=`date +%H:%M:%s`;
TEMPLATE="# `date +%Y-%m-%d`

## TODO



## Worklog


";
STDIN_NOTE=$@

if [[ ! -f $TODAY_DIR ]]; then
    mkdir -p $TODAY_DIR;
fi

if [[ ! -f $TODAY_FILE ]]; then
    echo "$TEMPLATE" > $TODAY_FILE;
fi

pushd $NOTES_DIR &> /dev/null;

if [[ -z $STDIN_NOTE ]]; then
  # $EDITOR $TODAY_FILE;
  `which vim` '+normal Go' $TODAY_FILE;
else
  echo $STDIN_NOTE >> $TODAY_FILE;
fi

if [[ $QUIET ]]; then
  git add --all &> /dev/null;
  git commit --message "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" &> /dev/null;
else
  git add --all;
  git commit --message "$COMMIT_MESSAGE";
fi

popd &> /dev/null;