build.bash

#!/bin/bash

# any arguments provided?
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Usage failed: no arguments provided"
    exit 1
fi

# for all arguments (.tex files) given
for arg in "$@"; do
    # is the provided argument a .tex file?
    if [[ "$arg" != *.tex ]]; then
        echo "Usage failed: provided file must be a .tex file"
        exit 1
    fi

    # get top level dir of git repo
    repo_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)

    # are we in a git repo?
    if [ -z "$repo_root" ]; then
        echo "Usage failed: not in git repo"
        exit 1
    fi

    # get current dir relative to git root
    curr_path=$(pwd | sed "s|$repo_root/||")

    # change dir to git root or exit if fail
    cd "$repo_root" || exit 1


    # find path for .tex file
    file="$arg"
    fname=$(basename "$file" .tex)

    latex_path="$curr_path/$file"
    latex_path="${latex_path%/$fname.tex}"
    latex_path="${latex_path#$(pwd)/}"

    pdf_path="pdf/${latex_path#latex/}"


    # compile .tex --> .pdf
    # echo "Running pdflatex on: $latex_path/$fname.tex"
    pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode $latex_path/$fname.tex > /dev/null
    # latexmk -pdf -interaction=nonstopmode $latex_path/$fname.tex > /dev/null
    # pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode $latex_path/$fname.tex


    # delete extra .aux .log .out
    # $(rm $fname.aux $fname.log $fname.out)
    $(rm $fname.aux $fname.log)


    # create necessary directories if they do not exist in latex
    $(mkdir -p $pdf_path)


    # move compiled .pdf file to pdf dir via absolute path
    $(mv "$fname.pdf" "$pdf_path")
done