From 5fbe2da91617d12af4cd95cd9e220b74ac9f5444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: murat <murat@muwat.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:38:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: use the html file named same as the md file for
 template if exists

known bug: /public/ directory doesn't cleaned before recreating html
files
---
 luago.lua | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/luago.lua b/luago.lua
index 4603440..46126d5 100644
--- a/luago.lua
+++ b/luago.lua
@@ -12,20 +12,32 @@ for file in lfs.dir(currentDir) do
     -- ignore "." and ".." files
     if not(file:sub(1,2) == ".." or file:sub(1,1) == '.') then
         local filePath = currentDir .. '/' .. file
-        -- match file names ending with ".md"
         if file:match("index.md") then haveIndexmd = true end
         if file:match("index.html") then haveIndexhtml = true end
+        -- match file names ending with ".md"
         if file:match("%.md$") then
             markdownFileCount = markdownFileCount + 1
             markdownFiles[markdownFileCount] = {
                 options = {},
                 filePath = filePath,
                 fileName = file:sub(1, file:len()-3),
-                content = ""
+                content = "",
+                hasHtml = false
             }
         end
     end
 end
+-- check html files with same name as the md files
+for file in lfs.dir(currentDir) do
+    if file:match("%.html$") then
+        for index, value in ipairs(markdownFiles) do
+            if file:match(value.fileName .. ".html") then
+                markdownFiles[index].hasHtml = true
+                print(value.fileName .. "file has a html template file.")
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
 
 -- stop the program if "index.html" or "index.md" doesn't exist
 if (not(haveIndexhtml) and not(haveIndexmd)) then return print("Can't find index.html or index.md!") end
@@ -121,6 +133,7 @@ for index, _ in ipairs(markdownFiles) do
     local htmlFile = io.open(workDir .. "/public/" .. markdownFiles[index].fileName .. ".html", 'w')
     if htmlFile then
         local content = indexFile
+        if markdownFiles[index].hasHtml then content = io.open(markdownFiles[index].fileName .. ".html"):read("*all") end
 
         -- STYLING
         local function styleLists(s)