trying out a new README format

jashkenas · Feb 28, 2013 · 1d2c675 · 1d2c675
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diff --git a/Cakefile b/Cakefile
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 {spawn} = require 'child_process'
+fs = require 'fs'
 
 task "build", "watch and build the Journo source", ->
   compiler = spawn 'coffee', ['-cw', '.']
   compiler.stdout.on 'data', (data) -> console.log data.toString().trim()
   compiler.stderr.on 'data', (data) -> console.error data.toString().trim()
 
+# Until GitHub has proper Literate CoffeeScript highlighting support, let's
+# manually futz the README ourselves.
+task "readme", "rebuild the readme file", ->
+  source = fs.readFileSync('journo.litcoffee').toString()
+  source = source.replace /\n\n    ([\s\S]*?)\n\n(?!    )/mg, '\n```coffeescript\n    $1\n```\n'
+  fs.writeFileSync 'README.md', source
+
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md