Variables

You can use variables or functions inside your properties.

Pochoir provides internals one, but you can provide your owns.

Internal variables

date

The date object provides functions related to dates.

• date.moment returns moment object.
• date.today(FORMAT=YYYY-MM-DD) returns today's date with specified format
• date.time(FORMAT=HH:mm) returns
• date.tomorrow(FORMAT=YYYY-MM-DD)
• date.yesterday(FORMAT=YYYY-MM-DD)

Example

Create unique note.

---
date: "{{date.today()}}"
$.path: "inbox/{{date.today('YYYMMDDHHmmss')}}"
---

path and originalPath

Use path to get the note file path. If you want the file path before change you can use originalPath object.

• path.path returns the file path (eg.: inbox/note.md).
• path.parent returns the parent folder (eg.: inbox).
• path.name returns the file name with extension (eg.: note.md).
• path.basename returns the file name without extension (eg.: note).
• path.extension returns the file extension (eg.: md).

Example

A snippet to append date to a note file name.

---
$.path: "{{path.parent}}/{{date.today('YYYMMDDHHmm')}} {{path.name}}"
---

Custom variables

You can create your own variable with the JavaScript API and use them with $.imports special properties.