require 'yaml' task :default => ['server'] desc 'Loads the configuration file into an instance variable to be used by other tasks.' task :load_config do @config = YAML::load_file('_config.yml') @config['posts'] = "#{@config['source']}/_posts" end desc 'Runs the server.' task :server => [:clean] do system 'bundle exec jekyll --server --auto' end desc 'Creates several test posts.' task :posts => [:load_config, :clean_posts, :create_posts_directory] do year = Time.now.year (1..20).each do |day| save_post(Time.new(year, 1, day), "Dummy post #{day}") end end desc 'Creates the required posts directory if one does not exist.' task :create_posts_directory => [:load_config] do Dir.mkdir(@config['posts']) unless File.directory?(@config['posts']) end desc 'Deletes any generated files.' task :clean => [:load_config] do FileUtils.rm_rf(@config['destination']) end desc 'Deletes any test posts.' task :clean_posts => [:load_config] do FileUtils.rm_rf(@config['posts']) end def save_post(date, title) template = File.read("templates/post.markdown") template.gsub!(/:title/, title) filename = "#{@config['source']}/_posts/#{date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-#{parameterize(title)}.markdown" File.open(filename, 'w') { |f| f.write(template) } end def parameterize(string, sep = '-') string.downcase.gsub(/[^a-z0-9\-_]+/, sep) end