add generate index script

.ci/generateIndex.py

+import os, re
+from os import path
+
+def build_link(title, href):
+    return f'- <a href="{href}">{title}</a>\n'
+
+def build_section_start(title):
+    return f'\n' #<h3>{title}</h3>\n
+
+def build_section_end():
+    return "" #\t\t</ul>\n\t</div>
+
+def camel_to_snake(name):
+  name = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', name)
+  return re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', name).lower()
+
+# loop through the entire internal tree
+localroot = os.getcwd()
+
+
+# generate the index properly speaking
+cardDirs = ["2020", "2019"]
+index=''
+
+# determine first the directories
+for direct in cardDirs:
+    if path.isdir(direct):
+        dirs = os.listdir(direct)
+        dirs.sort(reverse=True);
+        index += "\n# " + direct + "\n\n"
+        for d in dirs:
+            if d[0] != ".":
+                href = 'https://courses.lcsb.uni.lu/'+d
+                linkText = camel_to_snake(d)
+                linkText = linkText.replace("_", " ")
+                linkText = linkText.title()
+
+                # special rules
+                linkText = linkText.replace("Dm", "Data Management")
+                linkText = linkText.replace("It", "IT")
+                linkText = linkText.replace("Siu", "SIU")
+
+                index += build_link(linkText, href)
+
+# output the index
+print(index)
+
+
+# Read in the file
+repoName = "courses.lcsb.uni.lu"
+os.chdir(repoName)
+indexFile = "index.md"
+filedata = ""
+with open(indexFile, 'r') as file :
+    for line in file:
+        filedata += line
+
+        # stop reading once the index place holder has been reached
+        if re.search("<!-- index -->", line):
+            filedata += "[[ index ]]"
+            break
+
+# Replace the target string
+filedata = filedata.replace('[[ index ]]', index)
+
+# Write the file out again
+with open(indexFile, 'w') as file:
+  file.write(filedata)
+
+print("\n > New index generated and saved in " + indexFile)
+os.chdir("..")
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