Jekyll draft -> publish workflow + SASS compilation + rsync deploy View draft posts locally but not in production.

_config.yml

destination: ./_site
future: false
environments:
  production:
    url: http://foobar.com
    remote:
      connection: foo@bar.com
      path: /var/www

index.html

{% for post in site.posts %}
  {% unless post.draft %}
    <li><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li>
  {% endunless %}
{% endfor %}

jekyll.thor

require 'bundler/setup'
require 'date'
require 'yaml'

Bundler.require(:default)

class Jekyll < Thor
  include Thor::Actions

  def self.source_root
    File.dirname(__FILE__)
  end

  no_tasks do
    def config
      YAML.load_file('_config.yml')
    end

    def env
      ENV['env'] || 'production'
    end
  end

  desc "deploy", "compile assets, genenerate site, and rsync deploy"
  def deploy
    run "compass clean; compass compile --force"
    run "jekyll && rsync -avz --delete #{config['destination']}/ #{config['environments'][env]['remote']['connection']}:#{config['environments'][env]['remote']['path']}"
    run "compass clean"
  end

  desc "launch", "open the produciton site in the browser"
  def launch
    run "open #{config['environments'][env]['url']}"
  end

  # create a 'future' file with filename 3000-month-day-slug.md
  desc "draft TITLE", "create a new draft post"
  def draft(title)
    future = Date.today.strftime("3000-%m-%d")
    slug = title.downcase.gsub(/ +/,'-').gsub(/[^-\w]/,'').sub(/-+$/,'')
    file = File.join("_posts", "#{future}-#{slug}.md")
    if File.exists?(file)
      say_status("error", "#{file} already exists", :red)
      if file_collision(file)
        remove_file(file)
      else
        return
      end
    end
    create_file file do
      <<-EOS.gsub(/^ {6}/, '')
      ---
      layout: post
      title: #{title}
      draft: true
      ---
      EOS
    end
  end

  # publish - remove draft flag, change file to year-month-day-slug.md
  desc "publish [FILE]", "turn a draft into a post"
  method_option :latest, aliases: "-l", type: :boolean, default: false, desc: "post latest draft"
  def publish(file = nil)
    if options.latest?
      file = Dir.glob("_posts/3000*").max_by { |f| File.mtime(f) }
    elsif file
      if !File.exists?(file)
        say_status("error", "#{file} doesn't exist", :red)
      end
    else
      files = Dir["_posts/3000*"]
      files_array = Array[]
      files.each_with_index { |f, i| files_array << [i, f] }
      print_table(files_array)
      choice = ask("Choose a draft to post:", :blue)
    end
    # remove draft flag
    draft = file || files_array[choice.to_i][1]
    run "sed -i '' -e '/^draft:[[:space:]]*true$/d' #{draft}"

    # rename file with today's date
    now = Date.today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    draft_title = /\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}-(.*)/.match(File.basename(draft))[1]

    copy_file draft, "_posts/#{now}-#{draft_title}"
    remove_file draft
  end

  desc "drafts", "list all drafts"
  def drafts
    headers = [["Date", "Name"], ["----", "----"]]
    print_table(headers + Dir["_posts/3000*"].map { |d| [File.mtime(d).strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), d] })
  end

  desc "posts", "list all posts"
  def posts
    headers = [["Date", "Name"], ["----", "----"]]
    print_table(headers + Dir["_posts/20*"].map { |p| [File.mtime(p).strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), p] })
  end

end

Procfile

web: jekyll --server --auto --future
comapss: compass watch --output-style expanded