Merge pull request #269 from benbalter/frontmatter-all-the-things

Detect YAML frontmatter on any file, regardless of type
prose · Mar 25, 2013 · b2ea449 · b2ea449
2 parents 54817eb + cac8038
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diff --git a/_includes/model.js b/_includes/model.js
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ function loadPost(user, repo, branch, path, file, cb) {
         return !!(app.state.permissions && app.state.permissions.push);
       }
 
-      if (!_.jekyll(path, file)) return {
+      if (!_.hasMetadata(content)) return {
         raw_metadata: "",
         content: content,
         published: false,
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ function loadPost(user, repo, branch, path, file, cb) {
     cb(err, _.extend(post, {
       "sha": commit,
       "markdown": _.markdown(file),
-      "jekyll": _.jekyll(path, file),
+      "jekyll": _.hasMetadata(data),
       "repo": repo,
       "path": path,
       "file": file,

diff --git a/_includes/util.js b/_includes/util.js
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ _.jekyll = function(path, file) {
   return !!(path.match('_posts') && _.markdown(file));
 };
 
+// check if a given file has YAML frontmater
+// -------
+_.hasMetadata = function(content) {
+  return content.match( /^(---\n)((.|\n)*?)\n---\n?/ );
+}
 
 // Extract file extension
 // -------