rake task for creating a bare jekyll post

new-jekyll-post.rake

require "date"

namespace :post do
  desc "creates a new post file"
  task :new do
    now = Time.new
    title = ARGV.last
    slugified = title.downcase.gsub(/\s+/, '-')

    filename = "#{now.to_date}-#{slugified}.markdown"

    contents = "---\n"
    contents << "layout: post\n"
    contents << "title: #{title}\n"
    contents << "date: #{now}\n"
    contents << "published: false\n"
    contents << "---\n\n"

    file = File.new("./_posts/#{filename}", "w")
    file.write(contents)
    file.close

    # fake a task so Rake doesn't complain
    # see https://itshouldbeuseful.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/passing-parameters-to-a-rake-task/
    task title.to_sym do ; end
  end
end