publish.js

/**
 * Created by bjdmeest on 10/06/2016.
 * Modified by Dylan Van Assche on 12/02/2021.
 * Modified by Thomas Delva on 13/12/2021
 */

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');

var dateString = (new Date()).toISOString().split('T')[0].replace(/-/g, '');

try {
    if (!fs.existsSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs'))) {
        fs.mkdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs'));
    }
    fs.mkdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', dateString));
} catch (e) {

}

var files = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs'));
var dirs = [];
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    if (fs.lstatSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', files[i])).isDirectory()) {
        dirs.push(files[i]);
    }
}

dirs.sort();
dirs.reverse();

if (dirs[0] === "resources") {
    dirs.splice(0, 1);
}

if (dirs[0] === dateString) {
    dirs.splice(0, 1);
}

// First version, set previous version to this one
if (dirs.length == 0) {
    dirs.push(dateString)
}

var html = fs.readFileSync('./rendered.html', 'utf8');
html = html.replace(/%thisDate%/g, dateString);
html = html.replace(/%prevDate%/g, dirs[0]);
fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', 'index.html'), html);
fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', dateString, 'index.html'), html);
// copying entire resources folder might start taking up lots of space, could be optimized
if (fs.existsSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'resources'))) {
    fs.cpSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'resources'),
        path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', dateString, 'resources'),
        {recursive: true});
    fs.rmSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', 'resources'), {recursive: true})
    fs.cpSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'resources'),
        path.resolve(__dirname, 'docs', 'resources'),
        {recursive: true});
}