finally found my stupid trip-up, writing modified files

lib/utility.lua

@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ utility.read_file = function(file_name)
   end)
 end
 
-utility.write_file = function(file_name, text)
+utility.write_file = function(file_name, ...)
   return utility.open(file_name, "w", function(file)
-    file:write(text)
+    file:write(table.concat{...})
-    file:write("\n")
+    -- file:write("\n") -- I need to make sure /I/ handle this instead of trying to automate it
   end)
 end
 

refresh_sources.lua

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ local refresh_sources = function()
       local file_name = file_list[f]
       local function loop()
         local sha512sum = utility.sha512sum(file_name)
-        log("sha", file_name, sha512sum, tostring(embeddings.vectors[sha512sum]))
+        log("sha", file_name, sha512sum, "\n Sum present? " .. tostring(embeddings.vectors[sha512sum]))
         if embeddings.vectors[sha512sum] then
           log("debug", file_name .. "\n has already been embedded, skipping.")
           -- add file reference if it was missing

synopsis_generator.lua

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ local export_ordered_list_of_prompts = function()
     output[#output + 1] = "## Scoring\n\n```json\n" .. json.encode(item.scoring, { indent = true, }) .. "\n```\n"
   end
 
-  utility.write_file("PRIVATE_DATA/Ordered Synopses.md", table.concat(output, "\n"))
+  utility.write_file("PRIVATE_DATA/Ordered Synopses.md", table.concat(output, "\n"), "\n")
   os.execute("pandoc \"PRIVATE_DATA/Ordered Synopses.md\" -o \"PRIVATE_DATA/Ordered Synopses.epub\"")
 end