Tracking blog post changes by leveraging git and ox-html.el
reddit / emacs

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grtcdr · 2022-10-08 17:28



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grtcdr · 2022-10-08 17:31

I thought it was smart to integrate git's history feature as a
changelog for all of my blog posts. What do you think?

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ForkInBrain · 2022-10-08 22:25

Neat site. It would also be neat to use git history to automate
publish date info (and maybe “modified on” info).

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grtcdr · 2022-10-08 23:25

> Neat site.

I'm both surprised and happy that you appreciate the look!

I recently migrated the palette from two colors - black and an awfully
cold purple, to just shades of gray. I find this aesthetic to be a
lot more pleasing to the eye.

> It would also be neat to use git history to automate publish date
info (and maybe “modified on” info).

I'm not sure if you're familiar with [ox-
publish](https://github.com/emacs-
mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/org/ox-publish.el), but it covers a lot
of use cases, and your two proposals are no exception :)

I make use of the publishing date, and I've also based my blog post
file-naming scheme around it.

As for the modification date, the latest version of the website
includes a "History" link that takes you straight to the list of
revisions.