From 0d4c0fb3c9a5b9e57c8653de3e32554c510a3f67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Urlacher <christoph.urlacher@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:26:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add word counting script + call it in .latexmkrc

---
 .latexmkrc   |  3 +++
 wordcount.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 wordcount.sh

diff --git a/.latexmkrc b/.latexmkrc
index bafccc8..723ad7a 100644
--- a/.latexmkrc
+++ b/.latexmkrc
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ $aux_dir       = ".aux";
 $bibtex        = "biber %O %S";
 $pdf_previewer = "zathura %O %S";
 
+# Count words after compiling the full thing
+$success_cmd = 'if [ %R = thesis ]; then ./wordcount.sh; fi';
+
 # Create minted output path
 use File::Path qw(make_path);
 make_path("$aux_dir/_minted");
diff --git a/wordcount.sh b/wordcount.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4f200f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wordcount.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Relative paths
+cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+wordcount=$(pdftotext .out/thesis.pdf - | wc -w)
+timestamp=$(date +%FT%T%:z)
+
+if [[ ! -s wordcounts.csv ]]; then
+    printf 'date,wordcount\n' >> wordcounts.csv
+fi
+printf '%s,%s\n' "$timestamp" "${wordcount//[[:space:]]/}" >> wordcounts.csv