A small script for managing a journal.

journal.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e

if [ -z ${XX_NOTES_PATH} ]; then
  echo "Please set XX_NOTES_PATH environment variable"
  exit 1
fi

FILE_ID=$(date +%F)

FULL_PATH="${XX_NOTES_PATH}/${FILE_ID}-entry.txt"

date +'# %T' >> "${FULL_PATH}"
echo "" >> "${FULL_PATH}"

vim + +start "${FULL_PATH}"

git -C "${XX_NOTES_PATH}" add "${FULL_PATH}"
git -C "${XX_NOTES_PATH}" commit -m "Updated File #${FILE_ID}"