updated README.md

added info regarding the cls file

.gitignore

@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-# Ignore all files
+.DS_Store
+
+# Ignore all auto-generated files, except for PDF
+
 *.*
-
-# Whitelist
-
 !.gitignore
+!*.cls
 !*.tex
 !*.pdf
-!*.jpg
-!*.md
-!.vscode
-!.vscode/**
-!build/*.*

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
     }
   ],
   "latex-workshop.latex.recipe.default": "Smart LaTeX Build",
-  "latex-workshop.formatting.latex": "latexindent",
+  "latex-workshop.formatting.latex": "latexindent"
-  "latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run": "onSave"
 }

CV_Pedro_Cabral.tex

@@ -1,75 +1,24 @@
+\documentclass{custom-cv}
 
-\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
+\usepackage{fontawesome6} % for icons
-\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
-\usepackage{titlesec}
-\usepackage{enumitem}
-\usepackage{parskip}
-\usepackage{hyperref}
-\usepackage{fontspec}
-\usepackage{graphicx}
 
-\setmainfont{Helvetica Neue}
+% \cvdebugtrue
 
-\titleformat{\section}{\large\bfseries}{}{0em}{}[\titlerule]
+\setcvtitle{Pedro Miguel \textbf{Pessoa Cabral}}
-\titleformat{\subsection}{\normalsize\bfseries}{}{0em}{}
+\setcvauthor{\faMobile\quad +49-(0)-176-57909188 \quad \faEnvelope\quad \href{mailto:pmpcabral@gmail.com}{pmpcabral@posteo.de}}
-
+\setcvphoto{me_m_8x8_4x.jpg} % Try commenting this out to see layout adapt
-\pagestyle{empty}
 
 \begin{document}
+\maketitle
 
-\begin{center}
+\section{Languages}
-    \begin{minipage}{0.75\textwidth}
+\cvitem{Portuguese}{First Language}{}
-        {\LARGE \textbf{Pedro Miguel Pessoa Cabral}}\\
+\cvitem{German}{Fluent}{}
-        \vspace{0.5em}
+\cvitem{English}{Fluent}{}
-        +49-(0)-17657-909188\\
+\cvitem{Spanish}{Good}{}
-        \href{mailto:pmpcabral@gmail.com}{pmpcabral@gmail.com}\\
+\cvitem{French}{Basic}{}
-        Rittmeisterkoppel 14-C, 22359 Hamburg
-    \end{minipage}%
-    \begin{minipage}{0.23\textwidth}
-        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{me_m_8x8_4x.jpg}
-    \end{minipage}
-\end{center}
 
-
+\section{Experience}
-\vspace{1em}
+\cventry{2017 -- Present}{Software Developer}{HR4YOU AG}{PHP, JavaScript, SQL}
-
-\section*{Profile}
-\begin{tabular}{rl}
-Date and Place of Birth: & January 17\textsuperscript{th}, 1988, Setúbal, Portugal \\
-Nationality: & Portuguese \\
-Languages: & Portuguese (First language), German (Fluent), English (Fluent),\\
-           & Spanish (Good), French (Basic)
-\end{tabular}
-
-\vspace{1em}
-
-\section*{Experience}
-\noindent
-\textbf{Software Developer, HR4YOU AG} \hfill Großefehn, Germany \\
-\textit{Feb 2017 – Present} \\
-Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, SQL
-
-\vspace{0.5em}
-\noindent
-\textbf{Support \& Operations, SAFIRA/KPMG} \hfill Carnaxide, Portugal \\
-\textit{Sep 2014 – Apr 2016} \\
-Worked with IBM Business Process Management and Forefront Identity Manager (FIM)
-
-\vspace{0.5em}
-\noindent
-\textbf{Software Developer, SAFIRA} \hfill Carnaxide, Portugal \\
-\textit{Apr 2013 – Sep 2014} \\
-Worked with IBM Business Process Management, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, SQL
-
-\vspace{1em}
-
-\section*{Education}
-\textbf{Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa} \hfill Caparica, Portugal \\
-Bachelor of Science \hfill 2013
-
-\vspace{1em}
-
-\section*{Skills}
-PHP, OOP, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, SQL, SOAP, REST, PL/SQL, XML
 
 \end{document}

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Curriculum-Vitae
 
-This project contains my *curriculum vitae* writen in `TeX` using the base
+This project contains my *curriculum vitae* writen in `TeX` and the class
-class `article`.
+`custom-cv.cls` has been completley designed by me.
 
 ## Install TeX
 
@@ -13,11 +13,5 @@ Go to https://tug.org/texlive/ and install the correct TeX for your operating sy
 
 If you are using VS Code, I highly recommend to install [LaTeX Workshop](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop).
 
-## Other CV variants
-
-- [Awesome-CV](../awesome-cv/)
-- [ModernCV](../moderncv) (**main CV**)
-- [Pedro-CV](../pedro-cv/)
-
 ##
 Developed with ♥ by Pedro Pessoa Cabral

build/build-latex-smart.sh

@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ FILE="$1"
 # append .tex file extension, iff not already passed
 [[ "$FILE" != *.tex ]] && FILE="${FILE}.tex"
 
-# remove the .tex extension from the file name to get the base name
-BASE="${FILE%.tex}"
-
 # Check that the file exists
 if [[ ! -f "$FILE" ]]; then
     echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: File '$FILE' not found.${RESET}"
@@ -31,24 +28,8 @@ fi
 # Detect active \usepackage{fontspec} (ignore commented lines)
 if grep -Eq '^[^%]*\\usepackage\{fontspec\}' "$FILE"; then
     echo -e "${BLUE}Detected fontspec → Using XeLaTeX${RESET}"
-    LATEX_CMD=(xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE")
+    xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE"
 else
     echo -e "${BLUE}No active fontspec → Using pdfLaTeX${RESET}"
-    LATEX_CMD=(pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE")
+    pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE"
 fi
-
-"${LATEX_CMD[@]}"
-
-rm -f \
-    "${BASE}.aux" \
-    "${BASE}.bbl" \
-    "${BASE}.bcf" \
-    "${BASE}.blg" \
-    "${BASE}.fdb_latexmk" \
-    "${BASE}.fls" \
-    "${BASE}.log" \
-    "${BASE}.out" \
-    "${BASE}.run.xml" \
-    "${BASE}.synctex.gz" \
-    "${BASE}.toc" \
-    "${BASE}.xdv"

build/propagate-commit-to-branches.sh

@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Color definitions
-BOLD='\033[1m'
-RED='\033[31m'
-BLUE='\033[34m'
-GREEN='\033[32m'
-YELLOW='\033[33m'
-RESET='\033[0m'
-
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: No commit hash provided.${RESET}"
-    echo "Usage: $0 <commit-hash>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-COMMIT="$1"
-START_BRANCH="$(git branch --show-current)"
-
-if [[ -z "$START_BRANCH" ]]; then
-    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: Detached HEAD is not supported.${RESET}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! git rev-parse --verify --quiet "${COMMIT}^{commit}" >/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: Commit '$COMMIT' not found.${RESET}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-COMMIT="$(git rev-parse --short "$COMMIT")"
-COMMIT_MSG="$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%s "$COMMIT")"
-PARENT_COUNT="$(git rev-list --parents -n 1 "$COMMIT" | wc -w | tr -d ' ')"
-
-if [[ "$PARENT_COUNT" -gt 2 ]]; then
-    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: Merge commits are not supported.${RESET}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
-    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: Working tree is not clean.${RESET}"
-    echo "Commit, stash, or discard local changes before replicating a commit."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-restore_branch() {
-    git switch --quiet "$START_BRANCH"
-}
-
-handle_error() {
-    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: Replication failed on branch '$(git branch --show-current)'.${RESET}"
-
-    if [[ -f "$(git rev-parse --git-path CHERRY_PICK_HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)" ]]; then
-        git cherry-pick --abort >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    fi
-
-    restore_branch
-    exit 1
-}
-
-trap handle_error ERR
-
-echo -e "${BLUE}Propagating commit ${BOLD}'${COMMIT}: ${COMMIT_MSG}'${RESET}${BLUE} from '${START_BRANCH}' to local branches.${RESET}"
-
-while IFS= read -r BRANCH; do
-    if [[ "$BRANCH" == "$START_BRANCH" ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    git switch --quiet "$BRANCH"
-
-    if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$COMMIT" HEAD; then
-        echo -e "${YELLOW}Skipping ${BRANCH}: commit is already present.${RESET}"
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    echo -e "${BLUE}Cherry-picking ${COMMIT} onto ${BRANCH}.${RESET}"
-    if ! git cherry-pick "$COMMIT"; then
-        if git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo -e "${YELLOW}Skipping ${BRANCH}: commit is already applied as an equivalent patch.${RESET}"
-            git cherry-pick --skip
-            continue
-        fi
-
-        false
-    fi
-
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Commit successfully cherry-picked to ${BRANCH}.${RESET}"
-    git push
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Branch ${BRANCH} successfully pushed.${RESET}"
-
-done < <(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads)
-
-restore_branch
-
-echo -e "${GREEN}Done. Returned to '${START_BRANCH}'.${RESET}"

custom-cv.cls

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+% =========================
+% custom-cv.cls  (2025-08-13)
+% =========================
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesClass{custom-cv}[2025/08/13 Custom CV class]
+
+% Base class
+\LoadClass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
+
+% Packages
+\RequirePackage[a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry}
+\RequirePackage{xcolor}
+\RequirePackage{graphicx}
+\RequirePackage{tikz}
+\RequirePackage{titlesec}
+\RequirePackage{enumitem}
+\RequirePackage{hyperref}
+\RequirePackage{draftwatermark}
+\RequirePackage{fontspec}
+\RequirePackage{pgf} % for watermark autoscale
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Fonts (with fallback)
+% ---------------------------
+\IfFontExistsTF{Helvetica Neue}{
+  \setmainfont{Helvetica Neue}
+}{
+  \IfFontExistsTF{TeX Gyre Heros}{\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Heros}}{\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}}
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Colors
+% ---------------------------
+\definecolor{cvblue}{HTML}{1A4E8A}
+
+% Debug colors & borders
+\definecolor{debugtext}{HTML}{E0F7FA}
+\definecolor{debugtextborder}{HTML}{0D47A1}
+\definecolor{debugphoto}{HTML}{FFEBEE}
+\definecolor{debugphotoborder}{HTML}{B71C1C}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Debug flag & helpers
+% ---------------------------
+\newif\ifcvdebug
+\cvdebugfalse
+
+\newcommand{\debugboxtext}[1]{%
+  \ifcvdebug
+    \fcolorbox{debugtextborder}{debugtext}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{#1}}%
+  \else
+    #1%
+  \fi
+}
+
+\newcommand{\debugboxphoto}[1]{%
+  \ifcvdebug
+    \fcolorbox{debugphotoborder}{debugphoto}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{#1}}%
+  \else
+    #1%
+  \fi
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% CV storage + setters
+% ---------------------------
+\newcommand{\cvtitle}{}    % main title (name)
+\newcommand{\cvauthor}{}   % contact line
+\newcommand{\cvphoto}{}    % photo path
+
+\newcommand{\setcvtitle}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvtitle}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\setcvauthor}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvauthor}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\setcvphoto}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvphoto}{#1}}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Robust "is empty?" test (trim spaces)
+% ---------------------------
+\makeatletter
+\newcommand{\IfNotEmpty}[3]{%
+  \edef\cv@tmp{\zap@space\detokenize{#1} \@empty}%
+  \ifx\cv@tmp\@empty
+    #3%
+  \else
+    #2%
+  \fi
+}
+\makeatother
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Hyperlinks & lists
+% ---------------------------
+\hypersetup{
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=cvblue,
+  linkcolor=cvblue
+}
+\setlength{\parskip}{0.4em}
+\setlist[itemize]{noitemsep,topsep=0pt}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Section formatting
+% ---------------------------
+\titleformat{\section}
+  {\large\bfseries\color{cvblue}}
+  {}{0em}
+  {\debugboxtext}
+  [\titlerule]
+
+\titleformat{\subsection}
+  {\normalsize\bfseries\color{cvblue}}
+  {}{0em}
+  {}
+
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% CV content commands
+% ---------------------------
+\newcommand{\cvitem}[2]{%
+  \debugboxtext{%
+    \noindent\textbf{#1:} #2
+  }\par
+}
+
+% \cventry{Title}{Date/Place}{Subtitle/Role}{Details}
+\newcommand{\cventry}[4]{%
+  \debugboxtext{%
+    \noindent\textbf{#2} \hfill {\small #1}\\
+    \IfNotEmpty{#3}{\textit{#3}\par}{}%
+    #4%
+  }\par\vspace{0.8em}
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% maketitle with adaptive layout
+% ---------------------------
+\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
+  \IfNotEmpty{\cvtitle}{%
+    \begin{center}
+      \IfNotEmpty{\cvphoto}{%
+        % Text + Photo
+        \begin{minipage}[c]{0.75\textwidth}
+          \debugboxtext{%
+            {\LARGE \textbf{\cvtitle}}%
+            \IfNotEmpty{\cvauthor}{\\[0.5em]\cvauthor}{}%
+          }
+        \end{minipage}%
+        \hfill
+        \begin{minipage}[c]{0.23\textwidth}
+          \debugboxphoto{%
+            \begin{tikzpicture}
+              \clip (0,0) circle (1.75cm);
+              \node at (0,0) {\includegraphics[height=3.5cm]{\cvphoto}};
+            \end{tikzpicture}
+          }
+        \end{minipage}
+      }{%
+        % No photo: full-width text
+        \begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}
+          \debugboxtext{%
+            {\LARGE \textbf{\cvtitle}}%
+            \IfNotEmpty{\cvauthor}{\\[0.5em]\cvauthor}{}%
+          }
+        \end{minipage}
+      }%
+    \end{center}
+    \vspace{1em}
+  }{}%
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Watermark (auto-scale)
+% ---------------------------
+\newlength{\cvWatermarkWidth}
+\newcommand{\cvsetwatermark}{%
+  \ifcvdebug
+    \SetWatermarkText{DEBUG MODE}%
+    {%
+      \fontsize{5cm}{5cm}\selectfont
+      \settowidth{\cvWatermarkWidth}{DEBUG MODE}%
+    }%
+    \pgfmathsetmacro{\cvScale}{min(\paperwidth,\paperheight)/\cvWatermarkWidth*0.9}%
+    \SetWatermarkScale{\cvScale}%
+    \SetWatermarkColor[gray]{0.85}%
+  \else
+    \SetWatermarkText{}%
+  \fi
+}
+\AtBeginDocument{\cvsetwatermark}