Improve flexibility in the way ADRs are acquired and indexed

cli.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var path = require('path');
 var args = utils.minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
   boolean: ['i'],
   string: ['d'],
+  string: ['e'],
   string: ['p'],
   alias: {h: 'help'}
 });
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ if (!args.d && !args.i && !args.p && (args._.length==0) || args.h) {
     '  -d:     Scans the given <directory> for .md files.',
     '          (Without this flag, the current working directory is chosen as default.)',
     '',
+    '  -e      Exclude any files matching the given <pattern>',
     '  -p:     Path prefix for each ADR file path written in log',
     '          (Default is empty)',
     '',
@@ -67,9 +69,15 @@ console.log("adr log file:", adrLogFile);
 console.log("adr log dir:", adrLogDir);
 
 var headings = '';
-const globPattern = '!(' + adrLogFileName.slice(0,-3) + '*).md';
+const globPattern = '**/*.md';
 console.log("glob pattern:", globPattern);
 var filenames = glob.sync(globPattern, {cwd: adrLogDir});
+filenames = filenames.filter(filename => filename !== adrLogFile.replace(adrLogDir + '/', ''));
+if (args.e) {
+  var excluded = glob.sync(args.e, {cwd: adrLogDir});
+  console.log("excluded: ", excluded);
+  filenames = filenames.filter(filename => !excluded.includes(filename));
+}
 console.log("filenames:", filenames);
 
 // determine log entries

index.js

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const slash = require('slash');
 
+var counter = 1;
+
 /**
  * expose `toc`
  */
@@ -33,6 +35,34 @@ function toc(str, options) {
  */
 toc.insertAdrToc = require('./lib/insert').insertAdrToc;
 
+/**
+ * extract index number or date from either filename or front matter
+ */
+function getIndex(basename, data) {
+  const numb = basename.match(/^[\d-_\\\/]*\d/m);
+  if (numb !== null && numb !== undefined) {
+    return numb[0];
+  }
+
+  if (data.index) {
+    return '' + data.index;
+  }
+
+  if (data.date) {
+    let date = data.date;
+
+    if (typeof(date) == 'object') {
+      date = date.getFullYear() + "-"
+        + ("0" + (date.getMonth() + 1)).substr(-2) + "-"
+        + ("0" + date.getDate()).substr(-2)
+    }
+
+    return date;
+  }
+
+  return '' + (counter++);
+}
+
 /**
  * Generate a markdown table of contents. This is the
  * function that does all of the main work with Remarkable.
@@ -55,32 +85,32 @@ function generate(options) {
           };
         }
 
-        const numb = token.content.match(/^\d+/m);
-        if (numb === null || numb === undefined) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
         let contentPath = `${options.dir}/${token.content}`
         let content = fs.readFileSync(contentPath).toString();
 
         let tokenPath = slash(
           path.relative(options.tocDir, contentPath)
         );
 
+        let data = {};
+
         // does the file have front-matter?
         if (/^---/.test(content)) {
           // extract it temporarily so the syntax
           // doesn't get mistaken for a heading
           let obj = utils.matter(content);
+          data = obj.data;
           content = obj.content;
         }
 
+        let index = getIndex(path.parse(token.content).base, data);
+
         const newline = utils.determineNewline(content);
         let title = content.split(newline)[0].substr(2);
         console.log("title before decimal removal: ", title);
         title = title.replace(/^\d+\. /, '');
         console.log("title after decimal removal:  ", title);
-        res.content += `* [ADR-${numb[0].trim()}](${options.pathPrefix}${tokenPath}) - ${title + options.newline}`
+        res.content += `* [ADR-${index.trim()}](${options.pathPrefix}${tokenPath}) - ${title + options.newline}`
       }
       res.content = res.content.trim();
       return res;