Allow sorting subsections by weight

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 0.1.4 (unreleased)
 
 - Fix `section.subsections` not being filled correctly
+- `section.subsections` can now be sorted by a `weight` attribute on a section front-matter
 - Do nothing on directory adding/removal in livereload
 - Add back `draft` on pages that was wrongly removed
 

components/front_matter/src/section.rs

@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ pub struct SectionFrontMatter {
     pub title: Option<String>,
     /// Description in <meta> that appears when linked, e.g. on twitter
     pub description: Option<String>,
-    /// Whether to sort by "date", "order" or "none". Defaults to `none`.
+    /// Whether to sort by "date", "order", "weight" or "none". Defaults to `none`.
     #[serde(skip_serializing)]
     pub sort_by: Option<SortBy>,
+    /// The weight for this section. This is used by the parent section to order its subsections.
+    /// Higher values means it ends at the end.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing)]
+    pub weight: Option<usize>,
     /// Optional template, if we want to specify which template to render for that page
     #[serde(skip_serializing)]
     pub template: Option<String>,
@@ -70,6 +74,10 @@ impl SectionFrontMatter {
             f.insert_anchor = Some(InsertAnchor::None);
         }
 
+        if f.weight.is_none() {
+            f.weight = Some(0);
+        }
+
         Ok(f)
     }
 
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ impl Default for SectionFrontMatter {
             title: None,
             description: None,
             sort_by: Some(SortBy::None),
+            weight: Some(0),
             template: None,
             paginate_by: None,
             paginate_path: Some(DEFAULT_PAGINATE_PATH.to_string()),

components/site/src/lib.rs

@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ impl Site {
         let sections = self.sections.clone();
 
         for section in self.sections.values_mut() {
-            match grandparent_paths.get(&section.file.parent) {
-                Some(paths) => {
-                    for p in paths {
-                        section.subsections.push(sections[p].clone());
-                    }
-                },
-                None => continue,
-            };
+            if let Some(paths) = grandparent_paths.get(&section.file.parent) {
+                section.subsections = paths
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|p| sections[p].clone())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                section.subsections
+                    .sort_by(|a, b| a.meta.weight.unwrap().cmp(&b.meta.weight.unwrap()));
+            }
         }
     }
 

components/site/test_site/content/posts/tutorials/devops/_index.md

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 title = "DevOps"
 sort_by = "order"
 redirect_to = "posts/tutorials/devops/docker"
+weight = 10
 +++

components/site/test_site/content/posts/tutorials/programming/_index.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 +++
 title = "Programming"
 sort_by = "order"
+weight = 1
 +++

components/site/tests/site.rs

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ fn can_parse_site() {
 
     let tutorials_section = &site.sections[&posts_path.join("tutorials").join("_index.md")];
     assert_eq!(tutorials_section.subsections.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(tutorials_section.subsections[0].clone().meta.title.unwrap(), "Programming");
+    assert_eq!(tutorials_section.subsections[1].clone().meta.title.unwrap(), "DevOps");
     assert_eq!(tutorials_section.pages.len(), 0);
 
     let devops_section = &site.sections[&posts_path.join("tutorials").join("devops").join("_index.md")];