iSH-journal

A minimal iSH journaling workflow using Git for versioning

What it does

• Creates one Markdown file per day
• Opens it in nano
• Commits and pushes file to a priv repo

Why (you may ask)

because obviously i cant use an already built journaling app

you require

• git
• nano
• POSIX shell (tested on iSH/alpine)

iSH Journal – Full Setup (Single Block)

1. Install dependencies (in iSH):

• apk add git nano openssh-client

2. Configure Git identity:

• git config --global user.name "Your Name"
• git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

3. Generate SSH key:

• ssh-keygen -t ed25519
• cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

4. Add the public key to GitHub:

• GitHub → Settings → SSH and GPG keys → New SSH key

Test authentication:

• ssh -T git@github.com

5. Create local journal repo:

• mkdir ~/journal
• cd ~/journal
• git init

6. Create a private GitHub repo and add remote:

• git remote add origin git@github.com:USERNAME/journal.git

7. Create the journal script: nano ~/journal.sh

paste this:

script

Make it executable:

• chmod +x ~/journal.sh

8. Initial push: -cd ~/journal

• touch init.md
• git add .
• git commit -m "initial commit"
• git branch -M main
• git push -u origin main
• rm init.md”

9. Create alias:

• nano ~/.profile
• alias journal='$HOME/journal.sh'
• source ~/.profile

10. Daily usage:

• journal