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no_date.rb

# https://stackoverflow.com/a/68287682
class Jekyll::PostReader
  # monkey patch `Jekyll::PostReader::read_posts` so we don't have to write the
  # date in the post filename
  #
  # see the jekyll source
  def read_posts(dir)
    read_publishable(dir, "_posts", Jekyll::Document::DATELESS_FILENAME_MATCHER)
  end
end

include_absolute.rb

module Jekyll
  module Tags
    class IncludeAbsoluteTagError < StandardError
      attr_accessor :path

      def initialize(msg, path)
        super(msg)
        @path = path
      end
    end

    class IncludeAbsoluteTag < Liquid::Tag
      VALID_SYNTAX = %r!
        ([\w-]+)\s*=\s*
        (?:"([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"|'([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)'|([\w\.-]+))
      !x
      VARIABLE_SYNTAX = %r!
        (?<variable>[^{]*(\{\{\s*[\w\-\.]+\s*(\|.*)?\}\}[^\s{}]*)+)
        (?<params>.*)
      !mx

      FULL_VALID_SYNTAX = %r!\A\s*(?:#{VALID_SYNTAX}(?=\s|\z)\s*)*\z!
      VALID_FILENAME_CHARS = %r!^[\w/\.-]+$!

      def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
        super
        matched = markup.strip.match(VARIABLE_SYNTAX)
        if matched
          @file = matched["variable"].strip
          @params = matched["params"].strip
        else
          @file, @params = markup.strip.split(%r!\s+!, 2)
        end
        validate_params if @params
        @tag_name = tag_name
      end

      def syntax_example
        "{% #{@tag_name} 'file.ext' param='value' param2='value' %}"
      end

      def parse_params(context)
        params = {}
        markup = @params

        while (match = VALID_SYNTAX.match(markup))
          markup = markup[match.end(0)..-1]

          value = if match[2]
                    match[2].gsub(%r!\\"!, '"')
                  elsif match[3]
                    match[3].gsub(%r!\\'!, "'")
                  elsif match[4]
                    context[match[4]]
                  end

          params[match[1]] = value
        end
        params
      end

      def validate_file_name(file)
        if file !~ VALID_FILENAME_CHARS
          raise ArgumentError, <<-MSG
Invalid syntax for include tag. File contains invalid characters or sequences:

  #{file}

Valid syntax:

  #{syntax_example}

MSG
        end
      end

      def validate_params
        unless @params =~ FULL_VALID_SYNTAX
          raise ArgumentError, <<-MSG
Invalid syntax for include tag:

  #{@params}

Valid syntax:

  #{syntax_example}

MSG
        end
      end

      # Grab file read opts in the context
      def file_read_opts(context)
        context.registers[:site].file_read_opts
      end

      # Render the variable if required
      def render_variable(context)
        if @file =~ VARIABLE_SYNTAX
          partial = context.registers[:site]
            .liquid_renderer
            .file("(variable)")
            .parse(@file)
          partial.render!(context)
        end
      end

      def render(context)
        site = context.registers[:site]

        file = render_variable(context) || @file
        # strip leading and trailing quote's
        file = file.gsub!(/\A'|'\Z/, '')
        validate_file_name(file)

        source = File.expand_path(context.registers[:site].config['source']).freeze
        path = File.join(source, file)
        return unless path

        partial = Liquid::Template.parse(read_file(path, context))

        context.stack do
          context["include"] = parse_params(context) if @params
          begin
            partial.render!(context)
          rescue Liquid::Error => e
            e.template_name = path
            e.markup_context = "included " if e.markup_context.nil?
            raise e
          end
        end
      end

      def valid_include_file?(path, dir, safe)
        !outside_site_source?(path, dir, safe) && File.file?(path)
      end

      def outside_site_source?(path, dir, safe)
        safe && !realpath_prefixed_with?(path, dir)
      end

      def realpath_prefixed_with?(path, dir)
        File.exist?(path) && File.realpath(path).start_with?(dir)
      rescue StandardError
        false
      end

      # This method allows to modify the file content by inheriting from the class.
      def read_file(file, context)
        File.read(file, **file_read_opts(context))
      end

      private

      def could_not_locate_message(file, includes_dirs, safe)
        message = "Could not locate the included file '#{file}' in any of "\
          "#{includes_dirs}. Ensure it exists in one of those directories and"
        message + if safe
                    " is not a symlink as those are not allowed in safe mode."
                  else
                    ", if it is a symlink, does not point outside your site source."
                  end
      end
    end
  end
end

Liquid::Template.register_tag("include_absolute", Jekyll::Tags::IncludeAbsoluteTag)

hook-jekyll-version.rb

# variables I want in my posts
# (I wish I could write the ruby directly in the page sources.)
Jekyll::Hooks.register :site, :after_init do |site|
  site.config['ruby-version'] = RUBY_DESCRIPTION
  site.config['jekyll-version'] = Gem.loaded_specs['jekyll'].version.version
end

hook-_plugins.rb

# automatically build the content about this site's _plugins
Jekyll::Hooks.register :site, :after_init do |site|
  acc = []
  Dir.each_child("_plugins"){ |filename|
    acc.push("## #{filename}\n#{(File.readlines(File.join("_plugins", filename)).map {|line| "    #{line}"}).join()}\n")
  }
  site.config['about-_plugins'] = "this page is generated by the plugin source below:\n#{acc.join()}"
end