jit

jit[ter] journal script: quickly write a timestamped, tagged log entry.

Usage

Write a random note:

$ jit name-of-some-note

Write a journal entry for a specific project

# jit -p <project-code> -j <journal-name>
$ jit -p 1001 -j firmware-log
✅ Accessing jit directory '/Volumes/logboek/logs'
new log entry for project code 1001
no file /Volumes/logboek/logs/*2022-10-19_1001.md
New log entry '2022-10-19_1001'
Tags? (csv)

Installation

Requirements

• bash
• vim

No installation required, except that you may want to add the jit command to your $PATH variable. How this works depends on your platform. On linux, you should place this snippet in your ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH=$PATH:~/path/to/jit/

Configuration

When you first launch jit, a config file will be created and opened in vim. Make sure that the config file (config.cfg) is filled in correctly. The config file is essentially a small bash script, so make sure to use bash syntax (key=value without spaces in between!).

In the config file you need to set following variables:

Var	Description
AUTHOR	The name that will be used as the author for each note
LOG_DIR	The path to the log dicrectory. All new entries will be stored here
TEMP_DIR	A local directory to temporary store entries in case the LOG_DIR is not available. For example if LOG_DIR is on unreachable network storage.