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Created January 24, 2011 08:01
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rake task for creating a new jekyll post.
# ignore the "bit" stuff.. only relevant to my custom jekyll fork
desc 'create new post or bit. args: type (post, bit), title, future (# of days)'
# rake new type=(bit|post) future=0 title="New post title goes here" slug="slug-override-title"
task :new do
require 'rubygems'
require 'chronic'
type = ENV["type"] || "bit"
title = ENV["title"] || "New Title"
future = ENV["future"] || 0
slug = ENV["slug"].gsub(' ','-').downcase || title.gsub(' ','-').downcase
if type == "bit"
TARGET_DIR = "_bits"
elsif future.to_i < 3
TARGET_DIR = "_posts"
else
TARGET_DIR = "_drafts"
end
if future.to_i.zero?
filename = "#{Time.new.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-#{slug}.markdown"
else
stamp = Chronic.parse("in #{future} days").strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
filename = "#{stamp}-#{slug}.markdown"
end
path = File.join(TARGET_DIR, filename)
post = <<-HTML
---
layout: TYPE
title: "TITLE"
date: DATE
---
HTML
post.gsub!('TITLE', title).gsub!('DATE', Time.new.to_s).gsub!('TYPE', type)
File.open(path, 'w') do |file|
file.puts post
end
puts "new #{type} generated in #{path}"
system "open -a textmate #{path}"
end
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This gave me some ideas, thanks.

You can use string interpolation in heredocs as well so the gsub chaining at line #37 is unnecessary. You could do this:

post = <<-"HTML"

---
layout: #{type}
title: "#{title}"
date: #{date}

---

HTML

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