Reset the R Weekly Draft

Replace draft.md with a fresh copy of for-editor-only-draft.txt for the next issue. Keep any content that was added after the last release (usually merged contributor PRs) so it isn't lost.

Steps

Step 1: Find the last published issue

ls _posts/ | sort | tail -1

For example, 2026-09-28-2026-W40.md means the last issue was 2026-W40, so the next one is 2026-W41. Cross-check against date +%G-W%V and use whichever is later. At a year boundary, use the ISO week from date.

Step 2: Check whether a reset is needed

Read draft.md's title:.

• If it already names the next issue (e.g. R Weekly 2026-W41) and its ### Highlight links aren't in the last post, the draft is already reset. Tell the editor and stop.
• If it names the last published issue, or W00, continue.

Step 3: Find content to carry over

List every link in draft.md that isn't in the last published post:

LAST=_posts/$(ls _posts/ | sort | tail -1)
grep -oE '\]\(https?://[^)]+\)' draft.md | sort -u | while read l; do grep -qF "$l" "$LAST" || echo "$l"; done

Ignore the boilerplate links that are already in for-editor-only-draft.txt.

For each remaining link, record:

• its full entry from draft.md (the + [Title](URL) line plus any description, wrapped continuation lines, and an image line directly under it), and
• its section heading.

Also look for non-link content that is new, such as embeds in ### rtistry or ### Quotes of the Week that aren't in the last post. Carry those over too.

Step 4: Confirm with the editor

Show what will happen before writing anything:

Last published: 2026-W40 (_posts/2026-09-28-2026-W40.md)
draft.md currently: R Weekly 2026-W40 (stale)
New draft title: R Weekly 2026-W41

Carrying over N item(s):
  [Resources] + [Title](URL)
  [Tutorials] + [Title](URL)
  ...

Wait for the editor's confirmation.

Step 5: Write the new draft

1. Read for-editor-only-draft.txt and change the title from R Weekly YYYY-W00 to the next issue (e.g. R Weekly 2026-W41).
2. Use the Write tool to overwrite draft.md with it.
3. Use the Edit tool to put each carried-over entry back in its original section, keeping the exact text and the blank lines between entries.
4. Never carry anything into ### Highlight; that section should start empty.

Step 6: Verify and report

Re-run the Step 3 check against the new draft.md. Every carried-over URL should be present, and nothing from the last post should remain.

Tell the editor:

• the new title,
• how many items were carried over, and to which sections.

Don't commit. Let the editor review the diff.