RustyDiary 📝

RustyDiary is a Rust utility that helps you merge dated Markdown files into a single chronological log. It's perfect for combining daily notes, journal entries, or any date-stamped Markdown files.

Features

• 📅 Automatically detects and merges files with date-based names (YYYY-MM-DD.md)
• ⬇️ Sorts entries in reverse chronological order (newest first)
• 🔄 Preserves existing content in the output file
• ⚙️ Configurable separators between entries
• 🛡️ Robust error handling and validation

Installation

1. Ensure you have Rust installed on your system. If not, install it from rustup.rs.

2. Clone this repository:

git clone [your-repository-url]
cd rusty-diary

3. Build the project:

cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be available in target/release/rusty-diary.

Usage

Basic usage (current directory):

rusty-diary -h

A markdown diary with SQLite persistence

USAGE:
    rusty_diary [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [directory]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information
    -v, --verbose    Verbosity level

OPTIONS:
        --date-pattern <date-pattern>    Custom date pattern for files
        --db <db>                        Database file path

ARGS:
    <directory>    Directory containing markdown files

Specify a different directory:

rusty-diary /path/to/your/files

File Naming Convention

Files should follow the pattern: YYYY-MM-DD.md

Examples:

• 2024-01-01.md
• 2024-12-31.md

Configuration

The default configuration can be modified by creating a custom Config instance:

let config = Config {
    directory: PathBuf::from("your/path"),
    date_pattern: String::from(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}(\.md)?$"),
    output_filename: String::from("writing-log.md"),
    separator: String::from("\n---\n"),
};

Development

Prerequisites

• Rust (latest stable version)
• Cargo (comes with Rust)

Dependencies

• regex: For pattern

Future ideas

• Feed the chronological data to a LLM to generate summaries or insights.
• Add support for different date formats.