start with global config

config.go

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 )
 
-type Config struct {
+type PageConfig struct {
 	Title string `default:"unknown title"`
 	Type string `default:"page"`
 	Other map[string]string
 }
 
-func (cfg *Config) ParseLine (line string, elemptr *reflect.Value) {
+func (cfg *PageConfig) ParseLine (line string, elemptr *reflect.Value) {
 	var s reflect.Value
 	if elemptr != nil {
 		s = *elemptr
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) ParseLine (line string, elemptr *reflect.Value) {
 	f.SetString(strings.TrimSpace(value))
 }
 
-func ParseConfig (source string) *Config {
-	cfg := &Config{}
+func ParseConfig (source string) *PageConfig {
+	cfg := &PageConfig{}
 	s := reflect.ValueOf(cfg).Elem()
 
 	// Set default values

gostatic.go

@@ -5,24 +5,51 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	// "text/template"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"encoding/json"
 	goopt "github.com/droundy/goopt"
-	"text/template"
 )
 
 var Version = "0.1"
 
-var Summary = `gostatic -t template [-t template] sitedir
+var Summary = `gostatic path/to/config.json
 
-Build a site
+Build a site.
 `
 
-var templates = goopt.Strings([]string{"-t", "--template"},
-	"template", "path to template")
-var output = goopt.String([]string{"-o", "--output"},
-	"directory", "output directory")
 var showVersion = goopt.Flag([]string{"-v", "--version"}, []string{},
 	"show version and exit", "")
 
+type GlobalConfig struct {
+	Templates []string
+	Source string
+	Output string
+	Rules map[string]([]string)
+}
+
+func RetrieveGlobalConfig(path string) *GlobalConfig {
+	conftext, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	errhandle(err)
+
+	var config GlobalConfig
+	err = json.Unmarshal(conftext, &config)
+	errhandle(err)
+
+	basepath, _ := filepath.Split(path)
+	config.Source = filepath.Join(basepath, config.Source)
+	config.Output = filepath.Join(basepath, config.Output)
+
+	templates := make([]string, len(config.Templates))
+	for i, template := range config.Templates {
+		templates[i] = filepath.Join(basepath, template)
+	}
+	config.Templates = templates
+
+	return &config
+}
+
 func main() {
 	goopt.Version = Version
 	goopt.Summary = Summary
@@ -34,14 +61,13 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if len(*templates) == 0 || len(goopt.Args) == 0 {
+	if len(goopt.Args) == 0 {
 		println(goopt.Usage())
 		return
 	}
 
-	t, err := template.ParseFiles(*templates...)
-	errhandle(err)
+	config := RetrieveGlobalConfig(goopt.Args[0])
 
-	site := NewSite(t, goopt.Args[0])
+	site := NewSite(config)
 	site.Summary()
 }

page.go

@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"time"
 	"bytes"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"text/template"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+	"time"
 	blackfriday "github.com/russross/blackfriday"
-	"sort"
 )
 
 type Page struct {
+	PageConfig
 	Site *Site
-	Config
 	Content    string
+	Current    string
 	Path       string
 	ModTime    time.Time
 	RenderTime time.Time
@@ -36,15 +37,15 @@ func NewPage(site *Site, path string) *Page {
 	head, content := SplitHead(text)
 
 	return &Page{
+		PageConfig: *ParseConfig(head),
 		Site:    site,
-		Config:  *ParseConfig(head),
 		Content: content,
 		Path:    relpath,
 		ModTime: stat.ModTime(),
 	}
 }
 
-// Destination() returns relative path to a file in future published repository
+// Destination() returns relative path to a file in future published site
 func (page *Page) Destination() string {
 	path := page.Path
 

site.go

@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"text/template"
 )
 
 type Site struct {
 	Path     string
+	Output   string
 	Template *template.Template
+	Rules    map[string]([]string)
 	Pages    PageSlice
 }
 
-func NewSite(t *template.Template, dir string) *Site {
-	site := &Site{dir, t, make(PageSlice, 0)}
+func NewSite(config *GlobalConfig) *Site {
+	template, err := template.ParseFiles(config.Templates...)
+	errhandle(err)
+
+	site := &Site{
+		Path: config.Source,
+		Output: config.Output,
+		Template: template,
+		Rules: config.Rules,
+		Pages: make(PageSlice, 0),
+	}
 
 	site.Collect()
 

test/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "templates": ["template.tmpl"],
+    "source": "site",
+    "output": "out",
+    "rules": {
+        "template.tmpl": [":ignore"],
+        "config.json": [":ignore"],
+        "*.md": [":template", ":markdown", ":rename *.html"],
+        "*.html": [":template"],
+        "*.less": ["lessc", ":rename *.css"]
+    }
+}