My Dev Log

I created a pre-commit hook that automatically exports my journal Org file to HTML whenever I make a new commit to this dev journal repo. Previously, I often forgot to perform this export manually, which is what you are currently reading.

Purpose of the Hook:

• The pre-commit hook ensures that the latest changes in log.org are reflected in an HTML file, eliminating the manual process.

Here is simple script that i needed to run every time a new changes was about to be committed

# Run the org to HTML conversion command
emacsclient -e '(progn (find-file "log.org") (org-html-export-to-html) (bury-buffer))'

This sounds like pre-commit hook right? So i ended up setting my own pre-commit hook following the resources

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObksvAZyWdo
• https://medium.com/@shimo164/custom-python-shell-script-for-pre-commit-700f464bfd63

I am using pre-commit to set up the follow, which might have been a overkill. You can also modify the hooks provided inside the .git/hooks. Above resources covers it.

Setting up .pre-commit-config.yaml to run the hook script

repos:
- repo: local
  hooks:
    - id: org-to-html
      name: Org File To HTML
      description: This hook converts org file to html
      entry: org_to_html.sh
      language: script
      files: 'log.org'

Here the entry points to the main script that we want to run when we make the commit. More on here https://pre-commit.com/#new-hooks

Lets look at the final hook script

# org_to_html.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Get the list of modified files in the commit
modified_files=$(git diff --cached --name-only)

# Check if log.org is modified and index.html is NOT modified
if echo "$modified_files" | grep -q "log.org" && ! echo "$modified_files" | grep -q "index.html"; then
    echo "Running org to HTML export for log.org..."

    # Run the org to HTML conversion command
    emacsclient -e '(progn (find-file "log.org") (org-html-export-to-html) (bury-buffer))'
else
    echo "Skipping org to HTML export. Either log.org is not modified or index.html is modified."
fi

Complete Code

• https://github.com/utsavdarlami/dlog

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0krJtb8vxI

Book reco from above

• 1984 by George Orwell: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/ninetee…
• Cycling Home From Siberia: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/cycling…
• Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de St. Exupery: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/wind-sa…
• Flight to Arras by Antoine de St. Exupery: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/pilote-…
• The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-lit…
• The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-com…

These links are to new copies:

• Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/steal/
• Keep Going by Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/keepgoing/
• Show Your Work by Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/