From 711dcbab53d002a0689bc8d343650d3cee7f2b6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Brommer <NeilBrommer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:48:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow markdown in post descriptions

---
 eleventy.config.js           | 4 ++++
 src/_includes/posts-list.njk | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 5bce407..68d33b1 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const mdDefList = require("markdown-it-deflist");
 const mdToc = require("markdown-it-table-of-contents");
 const mdAnchor = require("markdown-it-anchor");
 const nunjucksDate = require("nunjucks-date");
+const markdownIt = require("markdown-it");
 
 function addEleventyPlugins(eleventyConfig) {
 	eleventyConfig.addPlugin(eleventyNavigationPlugin);
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ function configureMarkdown(eleventyConfig) {
 }
 
 function addFilters(eleventyConfig) {
+	let md = new markdownIt();
+
+	eleventyConfig.addFilter("renderMarkdown", (mdString) => md.render(mdString));
 	eleventyConfig.addFilter("log", (value) => console.log(value));
 	eleventyConfig.addFilter("date", nunjucksDate);
 	eleventyConfig.addFilter("IsNotPage", (collection, url) =>
diff --git a/src/_includes/posts-list.njk b/src/_includes/posts-list.njk
index 40df637..891dd50 100644
--- a/src/_includes/posts-list.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/posts-list.njk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 					{% endfor %}
 				</div>
 			</dl>
-			<p>{{ post.data.description }}</p>
+			<p>{{ post.data.description | renderMarkdown | safe }}</p>
 		</section>
 	{% endfor %}
 {% else %}