Add script for creating new journal pages in wiki

journal_entry.py

+"""Utility tool to add a new Journal entry to the wiki."""
+
+import glob
+import os
+import re
+from datetime import date, datetime
+
+
+def main():
+    # The wikifolder for `<repo>` should be located in `../<repo>.wiki`.
+    reponame = os.path.basename(os.getcwd())
+    wikifolder = "../" + reponame + ".wiki"
+
+    os.chdir(wikifolder)
+    os.system("git pull")
+    update()
+    os.system("git add .")
+    os.system(
+        f"git commit -m 'Create journal entry for {date.today()}'")
+
+
+def update():
+    """Update previous entry, MoC, and _sidebar, and create new entry."""
+
+    # Read previous entry
+    previous = glob.glob("./journal/2*")[-1]
+    with open(previous, "r") as file:
+        lines = file.readlines()
+    lines[2] = re.sub(
+        r'next',
+        r'[next](' + f'journal/{date.today()}' + ')',
+        lines[2]
+    )
+    # Modify previous entry
+    with open(previous, "w") as file:
+        file.writelines(lines)
+
+    # Create new entry
+    create_entry(previous, lines[lines.index("## Future Tasks\n")+1:])
+
+    # Modify MoC
+    with open("./journal/map-of-contents.md", "a") as moc:
+        moc.write(f"[{date.today()}](journal/{date.today()})\n")
+
+    # Modify sidebar
+    os.system("head -n -1 ./_sidebar.md > temp.md; mv temp.md ./_sidebar.md")
+    with open("./_sidebar.md", "a") as file:
+        file.write("[View all pages](https://gitlab1.ptb.de/graefl01/thesis/-/wikis/pages) "
+                   f"– [Journal](journal/{date.today()})\n")
+
+
+def create_entry(previous, prev_tasks, day=None):
+    if day == None:
+        day = date.today()
+    weekday = day.strftime("%A")
+    week = day.strftime("%W")
+
+    print(previous)
+    lines = [f"# {day} Journal\n\n",
+             f"[previous]({previous[2:-3]}) – {weekday}, week {week} – next\n\n",
+             "## Tasks\n",
+             ]
+    lines.extend(prev_tasks)
+    lines.extend(("\n", "## Future Tasks\n\n", "- [ ]\n\n"))
+
+    with open(f"./journal/{day}.md", 'w') as file:
+        file.writelines(lines)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()