M formats/markdown/markdown.go → formats/markdown/markdown.go

@@ -66,15 +66,7 @@ if err := tmpl.Load(tmplDir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	w, err := os.Create(dest)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err = tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, metaTemplate, data); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return tmpl.Write(dest, metaTemplate, data)
 }
 
 // extract takes the source markdown page, extracts the frontmatter

M formats/yaml/yaml.go → formats/yaml/yaml.go

@@ -51,15 +51,7 @@ if err := tmpl.Load(tmplDir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	w, err := os.Create(dest)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err = tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, metaTemplate, data); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return tmpl.Write(dest, metaTemplate, data)
 }
 
 func (y *YAML) Render(dest string, data interface{}) error {

M template/template.go → template/template.go

@@ -57,3 +57,12 @@ return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (t *Tmpl) Write(dest string, name string, data interface{}) error {
+	w, err := os.Create(dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return t.ExecuteTemplate(w, name, data)
+}