git init --bare blog.git
cat << EOF > blog.git/hooks/post-update
#!/bin/sh
- BLOGDIR=~/blog
- GIT_WORK_TREE=\$BLOGDIR git checkout -f
- cd \$BLOGDIR
+ blog_dir=~/blog
+ export GIT_DIR=\$(pwd)
+ export GIT_WORK_TREE="\$blog_dir"
+ git checkout -f
+ cd "\$GIT_WORK_TREE"
redo
+ git add metadata/author metadata/url metadata/title metadata/*.tmpl metadata/automatic_metadata
+ count=\$(ls -1 metadata/*.automatic_metadata 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+ if [ "\$count" != 0 ]; then
+ git add metadata/*.automatic_metadata
+ fi
+ status=\$(git status -s)
+ n_updates=\$(printf "\$status" | grep -vE '^\?\?' | wc -l)
+ if [ "\$n_updates" -gt 0 ]; then
+ git commit -a -m 'Update metadata'
+ fi
EOF
chmod a+x blog.git/hooks/post-update
git commit -m 'set up blog metadata'
git push origin master
+If successful, the git hook will furthermore commit some ~/blog/metadata/ files
+generated by redo, that can be pulled into the client-side local repository:
+
+ git pull origin master
+
bugs and peculiarities
----------------------
The article title is derived in .md files from a first line prefixed with `%`,
while all other headings are treated as sub-headings. In .rst files, the title
is derived from a heading that must be at the top of the document, and be of an
-adornment style (such as underlining with `=`) that must be used only once in
-it.
+adornment style (such as underlining with `=`) used only once in it.