The iOS Times Newsletter automation 👍

.gitmodules

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+[submodule "issues"]
+	path = issues
+	url = [email protected]:mokacoding/the-ios-times-issues.git

Gemfile

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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'rake'
+gem 'redcarpet'

Gemfile.lock

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+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    rake (10.4.2)
+    redcarpet (3.2.3)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  rake
+  redcarpet

README.md

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+The iOS Times - Newsletter
+===
+
+This repo contains the automation used to generated the source for [The iOS Times](http://theiostimes.com) weekly newsletter.
+
+```bash
+rake build
+```
+
+---
+
+(c) 2015 - mokacoding [@mokacoding](https://twitter.com/mokacoding) & Giovanni Lodi [@mokagio](https://twitter.com/mokagio)

Rakefile

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+require 'tempfile'
+
+issues_folder = 'issues'
+
+desc "Update the issues list"
+task :update do
+  sh "git submodule foreach git pull"
+end
+
+def stripped_front_matter_temp_file(issue)
+  f = Tempfile.new('title')
+  begin
+    found_start = false
+    found_end = false
+    issue.each_line do |line|
+      line = line.strip
+      if not found_start
+        found_start = line == '---'
+      elsif not found_end
+        found_end = line == '---'
+      else
+        f.puts line
+      end
+    end
+  ensure
+    f.close
+  end
+  return f
+end
+
+def title_temp_file(issue)
+  f = Tempfile.open('title')
+  begin
+    f.puts '# The iOS Times'
+    issue_number = File.basename(issue, '.*').split('-').last.to_i
+    f.puts "## Year #{2015 - Time.now.year + 1} Issue #{issue_number}"
+    f.puts "### #{File.basename(issue)[0, 10]}"
+  ensure
+    f.close
+  end
+  return f
+end
+
+desc "Generate the HTML code for the latest issue, and copy it to the clipboar"
+task :build => [:update] do
+  latest = Dir["#{issues_folder}/*.md"].reject { |f| File.basename(f) == "README.md" }.last
+  issue = File.open(latest)
+  temp_issue = stripped_front_matter_temp_file(issue)
+  temp_title = title_temp_file(issue)
+  sh "redcarpet --parse-fenced_code_blocks --smarty #{temp_title.path} header.md #{temp_issue.path} footer.md | pbcopy"
+  puts "👍  HTML code for #{latest} copied to clipboard"
+  temp_issue.unlink
+  temp_title.unlink
+  issue.close
+end

footer.md

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+
+<!-- Footer start, empty line on top needed -->
+
+Thank you for reading **The iOS Times**, if you have comments, complaints, suggestions, or any other feedback please tweet me at [@mokagio](https://twitter.com/mokagio).
+
+_Have a happy week, and don't forget to contriubte to open source projects._
+
+<!-- Footer end -->

header.md

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+
+**Your weekly digest with the most interesting Swift and Objective-C project from the past 7 days. Find useful tools, inspiration, projects to contribute to.**
+
+<!-- Header end -->