diary.sh

#!/bin/bash
# diary.sh - simple diary organization script
# creates new or edits existing diary entry using $EDITOR.
# will create month and year directories as needed.
# files will be in markdown (.md) format.
# files are sorted as follows:
# yyyy/
#  |
#  -mm/
#    |
#    -yy.mm.dd.md
#
# keep this script in root dir of diary, alias locally in shell rc for use.
# eg: alias diary='~/diary/diary.sh'
#
# usage: diary -o yy mm dd to open a diary entry in $EDITOR
#        diary -g 'commit message' to push to github

DIARYDIR=$(cd `dirname $0` && pwd) 

if [[ $1 == '-o' ]] && [[ "$2$3$4" =~ [0-9]{2}[0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9] ]]; then
  if [ ! -d "$DIARYDIR/20$2/$3" ]; then
      mkdir $DIARYDIR/20$2/$3
  fi
  NEWENTRY=$DIARYDIR/20$2/$3/20$2-$3-$4.md
  $EDITOR $NEWENTRY
elif [[ $1 == '-g' ]] && [[ -n "$2" ]]; then
  cd $DIARYDIR
  git add -A
  git commit -m "$2"
  git push -u origin master
  cd $OLDPWD
else
  >&2 echo "Invalid arguments:
  '$1 $2 $3 $4'
------------------
to open entry:    diary -o yy mm dd
to push to git:   diary -g 'commit message'"
  exit 1
fi