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add action to convert markdown posts to gempost

.github/actions/markdown2gempost/Dockerfile

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+FROM golang:1.22 AS go-builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/jbowdre/md2gmi.git
+
+WORKDIR /app/md2gmi
+
+RUN go mod download && CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /md2gmi
+
+FROM ubuntu:22.04 AS release
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update \
+  && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y uuid-runtime=2.37.2-4ubuntu3.4 \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=go-builder /md2gmi /usr/local/bin/md2gmi
+COPY convert-dir.sh /usr/local/bin/convert-dir.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/convert-dir.sh
+
+WORKDIR /github/workspace
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/convert-dir.sh"]

.github/actions/markdown2gempost/action.yml

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+name: 'Convert Markdown to Gempost'
+description: 'Convert Markdown posts to Gemtext with YAML sidecars for use with Gempost'
+inputs:
+  input-dir:
+    description: 'The directory containing markdown files'
+    required: true
+  output-dir:
+    description: 'The directory to write gemini files to'
+    required: true
+  processed-dir:
+    description: 'The directory to move processed markdown files to'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.input-dir }}
+    - ${{ inputs.output-dir }}
+    - ${{ inputs.processed-dir }}

.github/actions/markdown2gempost/convert-dir.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Throw error if required paths are not provided
+if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <input_dir> <output_dir> <processed_dir>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# strip trailing slashes from input and output directories
+input_dir="${1%/}"
+output_dir="${2%/}"
+processed_dir="${3%/}"
+
+# Find all .md files and check if the array is empty
+mapfile -t md_files < <(find "$input_dir" -type f -name "*.md")
+if [ ${#md_files[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "No Markdown files to process."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Iterate over .md files in input directory
+for file in "$input_dir"/*.md; do
+  file=$(basename "$file")
+
+  # Extract frontmatter and dump it to YAML file
+  echo "id: \"urn:uuid:$(uuidgen)\"" > "$output_dir/${file%.md}.yaml"
+  awk '/^---$/{if(seen){exit}else{seen=1;next}} seen' "$input_dir/$file" >> "$output_dir/${file%.md}.yaml"
+  echo "Wrote frontmatter file: $output_dir/${file%.md}.yaml"
+
+  # Check for HTML tags
+  if grep -q '<[^>]*>' "$input_dir/$file"; then
+    # Remove HTML tags, including those which may span multiple lines
+    if awk -v RS='^$' -v ORS='' '{gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print}' "$input_dir/$file" > "$input_dir/tmp.md"; then
+      mv "$input_dir/tmp.md" "$input_dir/$file"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  # Remove empty/trailing spaces
+  sed -i 's/[ \t]*$//' "$input_dir/$file"
+
+  # Convert Markdown to GMI
+  /usr/local/bin/md2gmi -i "$input_dir/$file" -o "$output_dir/${file%.md}.gmi"
+  # Remove first line (and blank lines which follow) from output file (gempost will render the title)
+  if awk 'NR == 1 {next} NF == 0 && !p {next} {p=1; print}' "$output_dir/${file%.md}.gmi" > "$output_dir/tmp.gmi"; then
+    mv "$output_dir/tmp.gmi" "$output_dir/${file%.md}.gmi"
+  fi
+
+  echo "Wrote gemtext file: $output_dir/${file%.md}.gmi"
+
+  # Move original Markdown file to processed directory
+  mv "$input_dir/$file" "$processed_dir/$file"
+done

.github/workflows/markdown2gempost.yml

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+name: "Markdown to Gempost"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'markdown/**'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: md2gmi
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  md2gmi:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.MY_GH_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/markdown2gempost
+        with:
+          input-dir: 'markdown/incoming'
+          output-dir: 'gemlog'
+          processed-dir: 'markdown'
+      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+        with:
+          commit_message: 'convert Markdown post to Gempost'
+
+

gemlog/echofeed-integration-test.gmi

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+This is a quick post to see if this absolute nonsense[1] I have cobbled together actually works.
+
+=> https://github.com/jbowdre/capsule/blob/main/.github/workflows/markdown2gempost.yml 1: absolute nonsense
+
+If it works:
+
+- EchoFeed[1] will see this post in my Scribbles RSS feed, and relay it to my GitHub repo as a Markdown file.
+=> https://echofeed.app/ 1: EchoFeed
+
+- My new GitHub Actions workflow will see the new Markdown file, use a script and md2gmi[1] in a Docker container to convert the Markdown to Gemtext along with a YAML metadata sidecar for gempost, and store the results in the repo.
+- The existing workflow will see the new gemtext post and use gempost[2] to (re)build the site, and then deploy it to my virtual server where it will be made available within Geminispace.
+
+=> https://github.com/n0x1m/md2gmi 1: md2gmi
+=> https://github.com/justlark/gempost 2: gempost
+
+I really hope this works.
+

gemlog/echofeed-integration-test.yaml

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+id: "urn:uuid:7826c3b3-fa43-4c55-9b7e-6b49879180ff"

markdown/echofeed-integration-test.md

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+---
+title: "Echofeed Integration Test"
+published: "2024-04-13T22:11:06.000000Z"
+updated: "2024-04-13T22:11:06.000000Z"
+---
+
+This is a quick post to see if this [absolute nonsense](https://github.com/jbowdre/capsule/blob/main/.github/workflows/markdown2gempost.yml) I have cobbled together actually works.
+
+If it works:
+
+- [EchoFeed](https://echofeed.app/) will see this post in my Scribbles RSS feed, and relay it to my GitHub repo as a Markdown file.
+- My new GitHub Actions workflow will see the new Markdown file, use a script and [md2gmi](https://github.com/n0x1m/md2gmi) in a Docker container to convert the Markdown to Gemtext along with a YAML metadata sidecar for gempost, and store the results in the repo.
+- The existing workflow will see the new gemtext post and use [gempost](https://github.com/justlark/gempost) to (re)build the site, and then deploy it to my virtual server where it will be made available within Geminispace.
+
+I really hope this works.

markdown/incoming/echofeed-integration-test.md

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+---
+title: "Echofeed Integration Test"
+published: "2024-04-13T23:01:36.000000Z"
+updated: "2024-04-13T23:01:36.000000Z"
+---
+
+This is a quick post to see if this [absolute nonsense](https://github.com/jbowdre/capsule/blob/main/.github/workflows/markdown2gempost.yml) I have cobbled together actually works.  
+  
+If it works:
+
+- [EchoFeed](https://echofeed.app/) will see this post in my Scribbles RSS feed, and relay it to my GitHub repo as a Markdown file.
+- My new GitHub Actions workflow will see the new Markdown file, use a script and [md2gmi](https://github.com/n0x1m/md2gmi) in a Docker container to convert the Markdown to Gemtext along with a YAML metadata sidecar for gempost, and store the results in the repo.
+- The existing workflow will see the new gemtext post and use [gempost](https://github.com/justlark/gempost) to (re)build the site, and then deploy it to my virtual server where it will be made available within Geminispace.
+
+I really hope this works.