From e242ad3e00d7e1e00a3881a67d381f90d48e859c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John O'Keefe <jrokeefe@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 11:52:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(templates): add helper functions for metadata editor
 form rendering

Add textToString, tagSliceToString, stringSliceToString, and
formatDateForInput to convert pgtype/[]string values into HTML input
value attributes for the metadata editor form fields.
---
 templates/utils.go | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/templates/utils.go b/templates/utils.go
index 9ad94f1..c0d3ddf 100644
--- a/templates/utils.go
+++ b/templates/utils.go
@@ -220,3 +220,25 @@ func FormatTimestamptzInTimezone(t pgtype.Timestamptz, timezone string) string {
 	}
 	return FormatInTimezone(t.Time, timezone)
 }
+
+func textToString(t pgtype.Text) string {
+	if t.Valid {
+		return t.String
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func tagSliceToString(tags []string) string {
+	return strings.Join(tags, ", ")
+}
+
+func stringSliceToString(s []string) string {
+	return strings.Join(s, ", ")
+}
+
+func formatDateForInput(d pgtype.Date) string {
+	if !d.Valid {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return d.Time.Format("2006-01-02")
+}