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style checker for sphinx (or other) rst documentation.

Project description

Doc8 is a opinionated style checker for sphinx (or other) rst documentation.

QuickStart

pip install doc8

To run doc8 just invoke it against any doc directory:

$ doc8 coolproject/docs

Usage

$ ./doc8  -h
usage: doc8 [-h] [--config path] [--allow-long-titles] [--ignore code]
            [path [path ...]]

Check documentation for simple style requirements.

What is checked:
    - lines should not be longer than 79 characters - D001
      - exception: line with no whitespace except in the beginning
      - exception: lines with http or https urls
      - exception: literal blocks
      - exception: rst target directives
    - no trailing whitespace - D002
    - no tabulation for indentation - D003
    - no carriage returns (use unix newlines) - D004

positional arguments:
  path                 path to scan for *.rst, *.txt files (default:
                       os.getcwd())

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  --config path        user config file location (default: doc8.ini, tox.ini,
                       pep8.ini, setup.cfg)
  --allow-long-titles  allow long section titles (default: False)
  --ignore code        ignore the given errors code/codes

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