Use git for pub date in RSS

I noticed that the RSS feed was using stat to figure out when a file was modified for its pub date. This has the unfortunate side effect that the comics are out of order in the RSS feed based on if they are modified (e.g. for a typo.) This uses git to find out when the file was first introduced and uses that as the pub date. A note, the file will first have to be committed before updating the RSS feed, so the steps may look something like just build git commit . just rss git commit . Hopefully that's not too cumbersome.
7 months ago · c6b12cd331
parent 7fe0821867
commit c6b12cd331
2 changed files with 135 additions and 132 deletions
--- a/bin/rss.sh
+++ b/bin/rss.sh
@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-#bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 echo "<rss version=\"2.0\"><channel><title>It's Pro Toad and Superb Owl</title>" > feed.xml
 echo "<link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl</link><description>It's Pro Toad and Superb Owl!</description><atom:link rel=\"self\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" href=\"https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/feed.xml\"/><generator>/bin/sh</generator>" >> feed.xml


-for f in $(find . -type f -iname '*.md' -depth 1 ! -name 'README.md' | sed 's/\.\///'); do
+for f in *.md; do
+  if [ $f == "README.md" ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
  echo "<item>
  <title>$f</title>
  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/$f</link>
-  <pubDate>$(stat -f "%m%t%Sm %N" $f | cut -f2 | cut -f1-4 -d ' ')</pubDate>
+  <pubDate>$(git log --follow --format=%ad --date default $f | tail -1)</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[" >> feed.xml
  pandoc $f >> feed.xml
  echo "]]></description>
--- a/feed.xml
+++ b/feed.xml
@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 <rss version="2.0"><channel><title>It's Pro Toad and Superb Owl</title>
 <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl</link><description>It's Pro Toad and Superb Owl!</description><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/feed.xml"/><generator>/bin/sh</generator>
 <item>
-  <title>00004.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00004.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:16 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00001.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00001.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Feb 10 12:28:44 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-Did you know that one of the very first 
-television advertisements during the 
-AFL–NFL World Championship Game was for 
-Budweiser beer? </code></pre>
+ya see, some people go real fast 
+and other people they go real slow 
+yeah that&#39;s it doncha know </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -22,26 +21,21 @@ Budweiser beer? </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-Yep! I guess you could say it was a SUPER BOWL 
-PROTO AD! </code></pre>
+yeah that&#39;s the real root cause of most 
+workplace conflict </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
-  <title>00010.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00010.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00002.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00002.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Feb 10 12:28:44 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-a guy was looking for a priest to officiate his 
-wedding and narrowed it down to his final two 
-choices. the first one walked in with two 
-beetles and started praying over the bugs. the 
-second one started spraying everybody with 
-holy water from a water gun. Know who he chose? </code></pre>
+...and that&#39;s how I became a YAML engineer. </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -50,23 +44,22 @@ holy water from a water gun. Know who he chose? </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-He chose the blesser of two weevils 
- </code></pre>
+To be honest, I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s a real job either. 
+But they keep giving me YAML and I keep 
+ENGINEERING it! </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
-  <title>00001.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00001.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:16 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00003.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00003.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Feb 10 12:28:44 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-ya see, some people go real fast 
-and other people they go real slow 
-yeah that&#39;s it doncha know </code></pre>
+So did you watch the Super Bowl? </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -75,30 +68,23 @@ yeah that&#39;s it doncha know </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-yeah that&#39;s the real root cause of most 
-workplace conflict </code></pre>
+Yeah, me neither. </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
-  <title>00011.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00011.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00004.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00004.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Feb 10 12:28:44 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-So I was down by the capitol and I noticed some 
-kind of protest was happening. I saw a couple 
-people wearing US flags and thought to myself, 
-ew, probably a bunch of treasonous right-wing 
-fundamentalist bastards. Which, you know, is 
-always the first thing you think when you see 
-somebody wearing the US flag. But then I saw 
-somebody holding a &quot;My Body My Choice&quot; sign and 
-thought, aw, it must be some pro-choicers! And I 
-decided to get a little closer to check it out. </code></pre>
+Did you know that one of the very first 
+television advertisements during the 
+AFL–NFL World Championship Game was for 
+Budweiser beer? </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -107,18 +93,14 @@ decided to get a little closer to check it out. </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-I got close enough to see a bunch of the other 
-signs and they were all like, &quot;No Jab! No 
-Vaccine!&quot; and that&#39;s when I knew I had been 
-tricked. It WAS a bunch of treasonous 
-right-wing fundamentalist bastards! I said 
-&quot;ew&quot; again and turned around and ran away. </code></pre>
+Yep! I guess you could say it was a SUPER BOWL 
+PROTO AD! </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
  <title>00005.md</title>
  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00005.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <pubDate>Fri Feb 12 10:38:57 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
@ -139,12 +121,72 @@ All I want is like a small cute remote
 information HIKING TRAIL somewhere out in the 
 woods where I can see some flowers and leaves and 
 listen to the birds and stuff. </code></pre>
+]]></description>
+  </item>
+<item>
+  <title>00006.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00006.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Fri Feb 26 08:28:46 2021 -0700</pubDate>
+  <description><![CDATA[
+<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
+ (~~~~)    ./) )   
+ (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
+                   
+     \             
+Is there even such a thing as &quot;mainstream&quot; 
+anymore? I mean it used to be the case that 
+everybody watched the same nightly news and 
+listened to the same radio station. And 
+&quot;counterculture&quot; was growing your hair long 
+and listening to rock and roll. Now the duality 
+of mainstream vs. counterculture seems as 
+quaint as the idea that there are only two 
+genders or only two sexes. Kids don&#39;t listen to 
+rock &amp; roll to rebel, they listen to soundcloud 
+emo rap, or whatever, and if the niche sound that 
+speaks directly to them doesn&#39;t exist, they can 
+invent it and upload it for the world to hear with 
+little more than a cheap laptop. </code></pre>
+<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
+ (~~~~)    ./) )          
+ (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
+<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
+ (~~~~)    ./) )   
+ (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
+                   
+     \             
+At the other end of the LONG TAIL of the internet 
+is a metaphorical infosec furry, and because of 
+them there are as many small STREAMS and 
+countercultures as there are individual 
+people. </code></pre>
+]]></description>
+  </item>
+<item>
+  <title>00007.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00007.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Feb 10 12:28:44 2021 -0700</pubDate>
+  <description><![CDATA[
+<h1 id="pro-toad-and-superb-owl">Pro Toad and Superb Owl</h1>
+<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}
+ (~~~~)    ./)_)
+ (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;
+
+     \
+       there should be no such thing
+       as billionaires</code></pre>
+<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
+ (~~~~)    ./)_)
+ (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;</code></pre>
+<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}
+ (~~~~)    ./)_)
+ (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;</code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
  <title>00008.md</title>
  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00008.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <pubDate>Fri Feb 26 08:28:46 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
@ -178,7 +220,7 @@ coke. </code></pre>
 <item>
  <title>00009.md</title>
  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00009.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <pubDate>Sat Apr 17 11:45:40 2021 -0600</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
@ -215,40 +257,21 @@ dragons beating the shit out of nazis. </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
-  <title>00002.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00002.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:16 2022</pubDate>
-  <description><![CDATA[
-<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
- (~~~~)    ./) )   
- (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
-                   
-     \             
-...and that&#39;s how a became a YAML engineer. </code></pre>
-<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
- (~~~~)    ./) )          
- (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
-<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
- (~~~~)    ./) )   
- (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
-                   
-     \             
-To be honest, I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s a real job either. 
-But they keep giving me YAML and I keep 
-ENGINEERING it! </code></pre>
-]]></description>
-  </item>
-<item>
-  <title>00012.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00012.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00010.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00010.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Dec 1 07:51:43 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-Ed is the standard text editor! </code></pre>
+a guy was looking for a priest to officiate his 
+wedding and narrowed it down to his final two 
+choices. the first one walked in with two 
+beetles and started praying over the bugs. the 
+second one started spraying everybody with 
+holy water from a water gun. Know who he chose? </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -257,35 +280,30 @@ Ed is the standard text editor! </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-? 
-? 
-? </code></pre>
+He chose the blesser of two weevils 
+ </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
-  <title>00006.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00006.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:17 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00011.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00011.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Thu Feb 3 22:24:58 2022 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-Is there even such a thing as &quot;mainstream&quot; 
-anymore? I mean it used to be the case that 
-everybody watched the same nightly news and 
-listened to the same radio station. And 
-&quot;counterculture&quot; was growing your hair long 
-and listening to rock and roll. Now the duality 
-of mainstream vs. counterculture seems as 
-quaint as the idea that there are only two 
-genders or only two sexes. Kids don&#39;t listen to 
-rock &amp; roll to rebel, they listen to soundcloud 
-emo rap, or whatever, and if the niche sound that 
-speaks directly to them doesn&#39;t exist, they can 
-invent it and upload it for the world to hear with 
-little more than a cheap laptop. </code></pre>
+So I was down by the capitol and I noticed some 
+kind of protest was happening. I saw a couple 
+people wearing US flags and thought to myself, 
+ew, probably a bunch of treasonous right-wing 
+fundamentalist bastards. Which, you know, is 
+always the first thing you think when you see 
+somebody wearing the US flag. But then I saw 
+somebody holding a &quot;My Body My Choice&quot; sign and 
+thought, aw, it must be some pro-choicers! And I 
+decided to get a little closer to check it out. </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -294,45 +312,25 @@ little more than a cheap laptop. </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-At the other end of the LONG TAIL of the internet 
-is a metaphorical infosec furry, and because of 
-them there are as many small STREAMS and 
-countercultures as there are individual 
-people. </code></pre>
-]]></description>
-  </item>
-<item>
-  <title>00007.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00007.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Feb 26 08:11:25 2021</pubDate>
-  <description><![CDATA[
-<h1 id="pro-toad-and-superb-owl">Pro Toad and Superb Owl</h1>
-<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}
- (~~~~)    ./)_)
- (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;
-
-     \
-       there should be no such thing
-       as billionaires</code></pre>
-<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
- (~~~~)    ./)_)
- (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;</code></pre>
-<pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}
- (~~~~)    ./)_)
- (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;</code></pre>
+I got close enough to see a bunch of the other 
+signs and they were all like, &quot;No Jab! No 
+Vaccine!&quot; and that&#39;s when I knew I had been 
+tricked. It WAS a bunch of treasonous 
+right-wing fundamentalist bastards! I said 
+&quot;ew&quot; again and turned around and ran away. </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 <item>
-  <title>00003.md</title>
-  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00003.md</link>
-  <pubDate>Aug 25 11:13:16 2022</pubDate>
+  <title>00012.md</title>
+  <link>https://git.tilde.town/dozens/protoadandsuperbowl/raw/branch/master/00012.md</link>
+  <pubDate>Wed Feb 10 12:28:44 2021 -0700</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  
 (~~~~)    ./) )   
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-So did you watch the Super Bowl? </code></pre>
+Ed is the standard text editor! </code></pre>
 <pre><code> (@)(@)     {0,0}  -- Hoo?
 (~~~~)    ./) )          
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;          </code></pre>
@ -341,7 +339,9 @@ So did you watch the Super Bowl? </code></pre>
 (&gt;vv&lt;)      &quot; &quot;   
                   
     \             
-Yeah, me neither. </code></pre>
+? 
+? 
+? </code></pre>
 ]]></description>
  </item>
 </channel></rss>