From 85a3ff98423502e1aeaf5f08868d38090df9fdf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hitlerrip <git@hitler.rip>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:13:16 +0200
Subject: metadata handling

adds default values for when an article does not provide any metadata.
---
 build.sh | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 906167f..19653ff 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ for i in *.md; do
 
 	if [ "$filename" == "index" ]; then
 		echo "[build] skipping index file for later..."
+
+		cp "$i" ../../web/articles/
+
 	else
 
 		mkdir -p ../../web/articles/"$filename"/
@@ -95,26 +98,37 @@ for i in *.md; do
 
 		cp "$i" ../../web/articles/"$filename"/index.md
 
-	fi
-
-	cp "$i" ../../web/articles/
-
-	# sort this by date
-
-	if [ -e "$filename".meta ]; then
-		source ./"$filename".meta
-		# `.meta` is a simple shell script that uses `export` to
-		# set some variables, notably:
-		# WEBMETA_TITLE (title string)
-		# WEBMETA_DATE (date string YYYY-MM-DD)
-		# WEBMETA_AUTH (author string)
-		# WEBMETA_SUMMARY (summary string)
-		# please note that you have to actually check if this data is correct
-		# and you should not just import random `.meta` files as they can arbitrarily
-		# execute code on your system and are directly injected into the HTML.
-		export WEBMETA_BASELINK="https://hitler.rip/articles/"
-		# you will also have to manually change this link to the final destination
-		# of your articles so that the RSS feed can successfully link there.
+		export WEBMETA_TITLE=""
+		export WEBMETA_DATE=""
+		export WEBMETA_AUTH=""
+		export WEBMETA_SUMMARY=""
+
+		if [ -e "$filename".meta ]; then
+			echo "[build] running script: $filename.meta"
+			source ./"$filename".meta
+			# `.meta` is a simple shell script that uses `export` to
+			# set some variables, notably:
+			# WEBMETA_TITLE (title string)
+			# WEBMETA_DATE (date string YYYY-MM-DD)
+			# WEBMETA_AUTH (author string)
+			# WEBMETA_SUMMARY (summary string)
+			# please note that you have to actually check if this data is correct
+			# and you should not just import random `.meta` files as they can arbitrarily
+			# execute code on your system and are directly injected into the HTML.
+		fi
+		
+		if [ "$WEBMETA_DATE" == "" ]; then
+			export WEBMETA_DATE="2001-09-11*REDACTED!*"
+		fi
+		if [ "$WEBMETA_AUTH" == "" ]; then
+			export WEBMETA_AUTH="Anonymous"
+		fi
+		if [ "$WEBMETA_SUMMARY" == "" ]; then
+			export WEBMETA_SUMMARY="redacted"
+		fi
+		if [ "$WEBMETA_TITLE" == "" ]; then
+			export WEBMETA_TITLE="$filename"
+		fi
 
 		touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.html
 		tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.html > /dev/null << EOF
@@ -129,7 +143,7 @@ EOF
 		tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-rss.xml > /dev/null << EOF
 		<item>
 			<title>$WEBMETA_TITLE</title>
-			<pubDate>$(date -d "$WEBMETA_DATE" +"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000" )</pubDate>
+			<pubDate>$(date -d "${WEBMETA_DATE:0:10}" +"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000" )</pubDate>
 			<author>$WEBMETA_AUTHOR</author>
 			<description>$WEBMETA_SUMMARY</description>
 			<link>/$filename</link>
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