matter-now v4.0.0

matter-now

Append the current date to the YAML front matter of Markdown files. Useful for adding the published date to static content files like blog posts.

Installation

npm install -g matter-now

Usage

$ matter-now
Usage: matter-now [options] <file...>

Options:
  -a, --attr <attribute>  front matter attribute (default: "date")
  -f, --format <format>   date-fns date format (default: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssxxx")
  -v, --version           output the version number
  -h, --help              display help for command

matter-now can also be used with lint-staged to append dates to git staged Markdown files:

{
  "*.md": "matter-now"
}

See it in action here.