Rakefile Site Deploy Script

Rakefile

# The following task was adapted from one written by Shane Burkhart  
# Source: http://www.shaneburkhart.me/2013/12/07/rake-task-to-publish-drafts-in-jekyll.html  

desc "Publish draft posts and update the date field"  
task :publish, [:file] do |t, args|
  require "time"

  if args[:file]
    file = "_drafts/#{args[:file]}"
    text = File.read(file)
    time = Time.now.iso8601.gsub!('T', ' ')
    text.gsub!(/^date.*$/, "date: #{time}")
    today = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    post_name = file.split("/").last
    dest = "_posts/#{today}-#{post_name}"
    File.open(dest, 'w') {|f| f.write(text) }
    puts "Published file #{post_name}"
    File.delete(file)
    puts "Deleted draft file #{post_name}"
  else
    puts "Incorrect usage of the :publish task"
    puts "\n\tUsage:"
    puts "\trake publish[draft-post.md]"
    puts "\nPlease try again"
  end
end