Remove the default date formatting

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-19-obsidian-jekyll-publish.md

@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ Co-Authored-By: Claude"
 - Create: `src/publish.ts`, `src/publish.test.ts`
 
 **Interfaces:**
-- Consumes: `parseNote`, `Pair` (frontmatter); `findImageRefs`, `planImages`, `Strategy` (images); `buildPost`; `postFilename` (slug); `GitClient`, `GitFile` (git); `JekyllPublishSettings`.
+- Consumes: `parseNote`, `Pair` (frontmatter); `findImageRefs`, `planImages`, `Strategy` (images); `buildPost`; `pageFilename` (slug); `GitClient`, `GitFile` (git); `JekyllPublishSettings`.
 - Produces:
   - `interface PublishInput { noteText: string; frontmatterPairs: Pair[]; slug: string; date: string; strategy: Strategy; commitMessage: string }`
   - `interface ImageResolver { (linktext: string): Promise<Buffer | null> }`

src/PublishModal.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { deriveDate, deriveSlug } from "./slug";
 export interface ModalResult {
   frontmatterPairs: Pair[];
   slug: string;
-  date: string;
+  date?: string;
   strategy: Strategy;
   commitMessage: string;
 }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class PublishModal extends Modal {
     this.result = {
       frontmatterPairs: [],
       slug: deriveSlug({ title, filename }),
-      date: deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: frontmatter.date, now: new Date() }),
+      date: deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: frontmatter.date }),
       strategy: settings.defaultImageStrategy,
       commitMessage: settings.commitMessageTemplate.replace("{{title}}", title || filename),
     };
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ export class PublishModal extends Modal {
       t.setValue(this.result.slug).onChange((v) => (this.result.slug = v))
     );
     new Setting(contentEl).setName("Date").addText((t) =>
-      t.setValue(this.result.date).onChange((v) => (this.result.date = v))
+      t.setValue(this.result.date ?? "").onChange((v) => (this.result.date = v))
-    );
+    ).setDesc("The date to prepend to the filename. Useful for blog posts.");
+
     new Setting(contentEl).setName("Image strategy").addDropdown((d) =>
       d.addOption("flat-slug", "Flat, renamed to slug")
         .addOption("per-post-folder", "Per-post subfolder")

src/SettingsTab.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class JekyllPublishSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Branch")
       .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.branch).onChange((v) => { s.branch = v; save(); }));
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Posts directory")
-      .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.defaultPublishDir).onChange((v) => { s.defaultPublishDir = v; save(); }));
+      .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.publishDir).onChange((v) => { s.publishDir = v; save(); }));
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Images directory")
       .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.imagesDir).onChange((v) => { s.imagesDir = v; save(); }));
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Default image strategy")

src/publish.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { parseNote, Pair } from "./frontmatter";
 import { buildPost } from "./buildPost";
-import { postFilename } from "./slug";
+import { pageFilename } from "./slug";
 import { findImageRefs, planImages, Strategy } from "./images";
 import { GitClient, GitFile } from "./git";
 import { JekyllPublishSettings } from "./settings";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface PublishInput {
   noteText: string;
   frontmatterPairs: Pair[];
   slug: string;
-  date: string;
+  date?: string;
   strategy: Strategy;
   commitMessage: string;
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export async function publish(
   });
 
   const postText = buildPost({ frontmatterPairs: input.frontmatterPairs, body: rewrittenBody });
-  const notePath = `${settings.defaultPublishDir}/${postFilename({ date: input.date, slug: input.slug })}`;
+  const notePath = `${settings.publishDir}/${pageFilename({ date: input.date, slug: input.slug })}`;
 
   const files: GitFile[] = [{ repoPath: notePath, data: postText }];
   for (const item of plan) {

src/settings.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Pair } from "./frontmatter";
 export interface JekyllPublishSettings {
   remoteUrl: string;
   branch: string;
-  defaultPublishDir: string;
+  publishDir: string;
   imagesDir: string;
   defaultImageStrategy: Strategy;
   presetFrontmatter: Pair[];
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface JekyllPublishSettings {
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: JekyllPublishSettings = {
   remoteUrl: "",
   branch: "main",
-  defaultPublishDir: "_posts",
+  publishDir: "_posts",
   imagesDir: "assets/img",
   defaultImageStrategy: "flat-slug",
   presetFrontmatter: [],

src/slug.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import { slugify, deriveSlug, deriveDate, postFilename } from "./slug";
+import { slugify, deriveSlug, deriveDate, pageFilename } from "./slug";
 
 describe("slugify", () => {
   test("lowercases, drops apostrophes, hyphenates", () => {
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ describe("deriveSlug", () => {
 describe("deriveDate", () => {
   const now = new Date("2026-06-19T12:00:00Z");
   test("uses frontmatter Date or string, else now", () => {
-    expect(deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: new Date("2026-02-06T00:00:00Z"), now })).toBe("2026-02-06");
+    expect(deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: new Date("2026-02-06T00:00:00Z"), })).toBe("2026-02-06");
-    expect(deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: "2026-02-18 09:00", now })).toBe("2026-02-18");
+    expect(deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: "2026-02-18 09:00" })).toBe("2026-02-18");
-    expect(deriveDate({ now })).toBe("2026-06-19");
+    expect(deriveDate({ frontmatterDate: "unparsable" })).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
 describe("postFilename", () => {
   test("joins date and slug", () => {
-    expect(postFilename({ date: "2026-06-19", slug: "hello" })).toBe("2026-06-19-hello.md");
+    expect(pageFilename({ date: "2026-06-19", slug: "hello" })).toBe("2026-06-19-hello.md");
   });
 
   test("renders correctly without date", () => {
-    expect(postFilename({ slug: "hello-without-date" })).toBe("hello-without-date.md");
+    expect(pageFilename({ slug: "hello-without-date" })).toBe("hello-without-date.md");
   });
 });

src/slug.ts

@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ export function deriveSlug(o: { title?: string; filename: string }): string {
   return slugify(base);
 }
 
-export function deriveDate(o: { frontmatterDate?: unknown; now: Date }): string {
+export function deriveDate(o: { frontmatterDate?: unknown }): string | undefined {
   const d = o.frontmatterDate;
   if (d instanceof Date && !isNaN(d.getTime())) return fmt(d);
   if (typeof d === "string" && /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/.test(d)) return d.slice(0, 10);
-  return fmt(o.now);
 }
 
 function fmt(d: Date): string {
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ function fmt(d: Date): string {
   return `${d.getUTCFullYear()}-${p(d.getUTCMonth() + 1)}-${p(d.getUTCDate())}`;
 }
 
-export function postFilename(o: { date?: string; slug: string }): string {
+export function pageFilename(o: { date?: string; slug: string }): string {
   if (o.date) {
     return `${o.date}-${o.slug}.md`;
   }