Convert from old categories to tags

import sys
import yaml

with open(sys.argv[1]) as fp:
    data = fp.read()

if not data.find("---") == 0:
    # no head
    print("NO YAML HEAD FOUND")
    sys.exit(-1)

data = data[3:]
head_end = data.find("---")

head = data[0:head_end]
data = data[head_end+3:]

metadata = yaml.safe_load(head)

cats = metadata.pop('categories', None)
if cats != None:
    if type(cats) == list:
        tags = cats
    elif type(cats) == str:
        tags = cats.split()

    tags = list(map(lambda t: t.lower(), tags))

    metadata["tags"] = ", ".join(tags)
    new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}"
    # write it
    print(f"coverted: categories to tags: {tags} - {sys.argv[1]}")
    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp:
        fp.write(new_data)
    sys.exit(0)

if not metadata.get("tags", None):
    metadata["tags"] = "untagged"
    new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}"
    print(f"untagged: {sys.argv[1]}")
    # write it
    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp:
        fp.write(new_data)
    sys.exit(0)

print("No changes needed")

blog/2015-06-30-static-site-generators.markdown

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 ---
-layout: post
-title: "Static site generators"
-date: 2015-06-30 00:28
 comments: true
-categories:
-- blogging
-- octopress
-- meta
+date: 2015-06-30 00:28
+layout: post
+tags: blogging, octopress, meta
+title: Static site generators
 ---
 I use octopress with github hosting my pages.
 Everytime I sit down to write, I have to look up commands in my bash history and read documentation. Its very distracting when you just want to write.