Fixed merge conflict, added addition item for ignore

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__
+.mypy_cache

data.py

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def get(config, ignore_names):
     link_data = linkulator_lines
 
     ## THIS IS SUPPOSED TO SORT ALL LINKS BY CREATION DATE.  NEED TO CONFIRM THAT IT WORKS.
-    link_data.sort(key=lambda x: x[2])
+    link_data.sort(key=lambda x: x[2], reverse=True)
 
     category_counts.clear()  ## CLEAR SO WE DON'T DOUBLE-COUNT IF FNC RUN MORE THAN ONCE.
     for line in link_data:

linkulator

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from glob import glob
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 from shutil import which
 
+import data
 import config
 import posts
 
@@ -61,61 +62,14 @@ def parse_ignore_file():
 
 
 def build_menu():
-    ## WHENEVER THIS FUNCTION IS CALLED, THE DATA IS REFRESHED FROM FILES. SINCE
-    ## DISK IO IS PROBABLY THE HEAVIEST PART OF THIS SCRIPT, DON'T DO THIS OFTEN.
-
-    files_pattern = str(
-        PurePath(config.PATHS.all_homedir_pattern).joinpath(
-            config.PATHS.datadir, config.PATHS.datafile
-        )
-    )
-    linkulator_files = glob(files_pattern)
-
     global link_data
-    linkulator_lines = []
-    for filename in linkulator_files:
-        with open(filename) as f:
-            # get file owner username from path
-            file_owner = PurePath(filename).parent.parent.name
-            if file_owner in ignore_names:
-                # ignore names found in ignore file
-                continue
-            for line in f:
-                if line.count("|") != pipe_count:
-                    # ignore lines that fail validation
-                    continue
-                line = line.rstrip("\n")
-                split_line = line.split("|")
-                if split_line[0] and float(split_line[0]) < time.time(): # ONLY USE LINK IF DATE IS EARLIER THAN NOW
-                    split_line.insert(0, file_owner)
-                    linkulator_lines.append(split_line)  ## creating a list of lists
-
-    if len(linkulator_lines) == 0:
-        print("It looks link there are no links yet. Run 'linkulator -p' to add one.")
-        exit()
-
-    i = 1
-    for idx, line in enumerate(linkulator_lines):
-        if line[2] == "":  # CREATE/INSERT PARENT ID:
-            linkulator_lines[idx].insert(0, i)
-            i = i + 1
-        else:  ## NOT PARENT, SO NO PARENT ID
-            linkulator_lines[idx].insert(0, "")
-    link_data = linkulator_lines
-
-    ## THIS IS SUPPOSED TO SORT ALL LINKS BY CREATION DATE.  NEED TO CONFIRM THAT IT WORKS.
-    link_data.sort(key=lambda x: x[2], reverse=True)
-
     global categories
     global category_counts
-    categories = []
-    category_counts.clear()  ## CLEAR SO WE DON'T DOUBLE-COUNT IF FNC RUN MORE THAN ONCE.
-    for line in link_data:
-        if line[4] not in categories and line[4] != "":
-            categories.append(line[4])
-            category_counts[line[4]] = 1
-        elif line[4] in categories:
-            category_counts[line[4]] = category_counts[line[4]] + 1
+
+    link_data, categories, category_counts = data.get(config, ignore_names)
+    if len(link_data) == 0:
+        print("It looks link there are no links yet. Run 'linkulator -p' to add one.")
+        graceful_exit()
 
 
 def print_categories():