Script can now be configured to filter by pattern and/or direct excludes list

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/generate-index.lua b/generate-index.lua
index b079434..1ab4db4 100755
--- a/generate-index.lua
+++ b/generate-index.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env lua
-local pretty = require"pl.pretty"
+local config = require"pl.config"
 local dir = require"pl.dir"
 local gumbo = require"gumbo"
+local tablex = require"pl.tablex"
 
 
 local function parse (stamp)
@@ -23,16 +24,23 @@ local function describe (date)
 end
 
 
+config = config.read(arg[1] or "huh.conf") or {}
+config.excludes = tablex.makeset(config.excludes or {})
+
+
+local function matches (str)
+	if config.pattern then
+		return str:match(config.pattern)
+	end
+	return str
+end
+
+
 local pages = dir.getfiles(".", "*.html")
 local takeaways = {
 	["published-on"] = "published",
 	["last-modified-on"] = "modified",
 }
-local excludes = {
-	["index.html"] = true,
-	["graveyard_of_the_drawings.html"] = true,
-	["plop.html"] = true,
-}
 local posts = {}
 for _, filename in pairs(pages) do
 	local document = gumbo.parseFile(filename)
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@ for _, filename in pairs(pages) do
 			end
 		end
 	end
-	if properties.filename:match"^[^_]" and not excludes[properties.filename] then
+	if matches(properties.filename) and not config.excludes[properties.filename] then
 		table.insert(posts, properties)
 	end
 end