added getTemplateForFile

ts/index.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import * as smartfile from 'smartfile'
 import * as path from 'path'
 export type TTemplateStringType = 'filePath' | 'code'
 
+/**
+ * registers a directory of partials to make them available within handlebars compilation
+ */
 export let registerPartialDir = (dirPathArg: string) => {
     smartfile.fs.listFileTree(dirPathArg, '**/*.hbs').then(hbsFileArrayArg => {
         for (let hbsFilePath of hbsFileArrayArg) {
@@ -18,7 +21,10 @@ export let registerPartialDir = (dirPathArg: string) => {
     })
 }
 
-export let compileDirectory = (
+/**
+ * compiles a directory and outputs it 
+ */
+export let compileDirectory = async (
     originDirPathArg: string,
     destinationDirPathArg: string,
     dataFileNameArg: string
@@ -33,4 +39,12 @@ export let compileDirectory = (
         console.log('hi ' + output + ' hi')
         smartfile.memory.toFsSync(output, path.join(destinationDirPathArg, parsedPath.name + '.html'))
     }
-}
+}
+
+/**
+ * get a template for a file on disk
+ */
+export let getTemplateForFile = async (filePathArg: string) => {
+    let filePathAbsolute = path.resolve(filePathArg)
+    return handlebars.compile(smartfile.fs.toStringSync(filePathAbsolute))
+}