Adding alias script

.gitignore

@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ Cargo.lock
 .obsidian/themes
 .obsidian/appearance.json
 .obsidian/workspace.json
+
+# Python
+.venv

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
         "*.scss.liquid": "liquid-scss",
         "_headers": "plaintext",
         "_redirects": "plaintext",
-    }
+    },
+    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/bin/python",
 }

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
                 "--open"
             ],
             "problemMatcher": []
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Initialize Python venv",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "python3",
+            "args": [
+                "-m",
+                "venv",
+                ".venv"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": []
         }
     ]
 }

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-frontmatter

scripts/fix_md_file_aliases.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import argparse
+import sys
+import re
+import frontmatter
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BLOG_POST_RE = re.compile(r"^\d{4}-\d+-\d+-(.*)\.md$")
+
+def main() -> int:
+    # Handle program arguments
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Fixes the `aliases` field in the front matter of markdown files"
+    )
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "--root",
+        type=Path,
+        default=Path(__file__).parent.parent / "content" / "blog",
+        help="The root directory to search for markdown files",
+    )
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+    
+    # Find all markdown files
+    md_files = list(args.root.glob("**/*.md"))
+    print(f"Found {len(md_files)} markdown files")
+    
+    # Handle each file
+    for file in md_files:
+        print(f"Processing: {file}")
+        
+        # Determine what the alias path should be
+        title_matches = BLOG_POST_RE.match(file.name)
+        if not title_matches:
+            print("Skipping file, not a blog post")
+            continue
+        
+        title = title_matches.group(1)
+        correct_alias = f"/blog/{title.lower()}"
+        print("Correct alias:", correct_alias)
+        
+        # Load and parse the frontmatter
+        post = frontmatter.load(file)
+        
+        # Get the list of aliases
+        aliases = post.metadata.get("aliases", [])
+        
+        # If the alias is already correct, skip it
+        if correct_alias in aliases:
+            print("Found correct alias")
+            continue
+    
+        # Otherwise, add the correct alias
+        aliases.append(correct_alias)
+        
+        # Write out the new frontmatter
+        post.metadata["aliases"] = aliases
+        frontmatter.dump(post, file)
+        
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())