Intro

Editor+Cmdline+TODO-OK Workflow

Personal use since 2020-07-18 22:51, 18290 commits until 2022-01-28 22:26, experience value for auto commit frequency is 10min/commit.

Important Notice

Pushing Your Notebook to public repo is a BAD IDEA, since when this workflow gets handy you'll inevitably write down important/sensitive info and they'll all be logged into git.

Core

• cmdline + texteditor + shellscript(or other cli)
• workflow + template + crontab
• establish file/folder naming conventions and follow them
• mark your task as TODO/OK
• prioritize your TODO/OKs visually
• benefit from fuzzy search feature provided by texteditor(cmd/ctrl+p) or fzf
• duplication is acceptable
• all changes are auto commited

crontab -e

NOTEBOOK_PATH=/path/to/your/notebook

*/10 * * * * /bin/bash -l -c "cd $NOTEBOOK_PATH && git pull >> /dev/null && git add . && git commit -m 'Commit automatically by crontab' >> /dev/null 2>> log/cron_commit.log"
7 * * * *    /bin/bash -l -c "cd $NOTEBOOK_PATH && git push --porcelain >> log/cron_push.log 2>&1"

Example

• cronatb generate daily worklog

• shell script generate task folder from template

  • add source $NOTEBOOK_PATH/tools/init_task_folder.sh to your .bashrc or .zshrc ...
  • and you get the init_task_folder helper
  • then every task will have a sepreate workspace
  • every task start from the "README.md" file

• Hopefully you get the idea now. Good Luck :D

Tips

• setup your own dotfile repo and isolate from notebook
• find patterns, standardize/automate your workflow with automation
  • "Spend 30 minutes each day improving something about your process (automate the thing you repeat the most) or environment (editor, shell, OS, etc)." --- Zenspider
• git provides rich information, you may develop scripts to analyze your notebook repo
• seperate your life and work notebook repo
• use tig filename/foldername to view history
• use dot or dash to seperate words while naming, either one is ok, just stay consistent

Credits

https://github.com/ery/suitup

I learned a lot from my first career mentor/manager(the workflow, the comline+editor mindset, coding tricks, shell scipts management...)

Huge thanks to him