From 3fa633addc0401b6d1b0466bee74dc9c70fbfc4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thierry Berger <contact@thierryberger.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:29:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] script to help preparing new newswletters

---
 newsletter-template.md        |  8 ++++----
 scripts/prepare_newsletter.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/prepare_newsletter.sh

diff --git a/newsletter-template.md b/newsletter-template.md
index 831ecd123..491d9de16 100644
--- a/newsletter-template.md
+++ b/newsletter-template.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 +++
-title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #{TODO} - {TODO} {TODO}"
+title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #{TODO_id} - {TODO_month} {TODO_day}"
 transparent = true
-date = TODO
+date = {TODO_date}
 draft = true
 +++
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ draft = true
 
 <!-- Check the post with markdownlint-->
 
-Welcome to the {TODO}th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
+Welcome to the {TODO_id}th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
 monthly newsletter.
 [Rust] is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
 safety, concurrency, and speed.
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Feel free to send PRs about your own projects!
 - [Learning Material Updates](#learning-material-updates)
 - [Tooling Updates](#tooling-updates)
 - [Library Updates](#library-updates)
-- [Other News](#other-news)
 - [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
+- [Other News](#other-news)
 - [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
 - [Discussions](#discussions)
 - [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_newsletter.sh b/scripts/prepare_newsletter.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6653d1a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prepare_newsletter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This scripts parses existing news, and copies the newsletter template
+# alongside the others, with its incremented id number.
+# This script also replaces the TODOs related to the news id number.
+
+read -r -d '\n' -a news <<< `find content/news/ -type d -printf "%f\n"`
+
+last_news=`echo ${news[-1]} | sed -r s/0//`
+echo $last_news
+news_to_create_simple=$((last_news+1))
+news_to_create=`printf "%#03s" $news_to_create_simple`
+
+read -e -p "Do you want to create issue $news_to_create? (y/n): " choice
+
+[[ "$choice" != [Yy]* ]] && exit
+
+echo "accepted"
+
+new_file="content/news/$news_to_create/index.md"
+
+mkdir -p content/news/$news_to_create && cp -r newsletter-template.md $new_file
+
+sed -i 's/{TODO_id}/'$news_to_create_simple'/g' $new_file
\ No newline at end of file

From 6dca493d59116ad2c17763681e31f0ce32321f71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thierry Berger <contact@thierryberger.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:36:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: ci to trigger the script for a new newsletter

---
 .github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3447ad3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Prepare a new newsletter
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  prepare_new_newsletter:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      # https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages/issues/1#issuecomment-623202206
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: ./zola --version
+      - name: copy template and adapt dates and ids.
+        run: echo y | ./scripts/prepare_newsletter.sh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: create pull request
+        run: gh pr create -B source -H new_newsletter --title 'Prepare new newsletter' --body 'Created by Github action'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

From f6c2db38cef30a585f314e6fdc02f44443246aa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thierry Berger <contact@thierryberger.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:45:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix?

---
 .github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml
index 3447ad3da..4cd23c1c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare_newsletter.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: Prepare a new newsletter
 
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
+on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
   prepare_new_newsletter: