MkDocs Merge

This simple tool allows you to merge the source of multiple MkDocs sites into a single one converting each of the specified sites to a sub-site of the master site.

Supports unification of sites with the same site_name into a single sub-site.

Changelog

Access the changelog here: https://ovasquez.github.io/mkdocs-merge/changelog/

Note: Since version 0.6 MkDocs Merge added support for MkDocs 1.0 and dropped support for earlier versions. See here for more details about the changes in MkDocs 1.0.

MkDocs-Merge officially supports Python versions 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. It has been tested to work correctly in previous 3.X versions, but those are no longer officially supported.

Install

$ pip install mkdocs-merge

Usage

$ mkdocs-merge run MASTER_SITE SITES [-u]...

Parameters

• MASTER_SITE: the path to the MkDocs site where the base mkdocs.yml file resides. This is where all other sites will be merged into.
• SITES: the paths to each of the MkDocs sites that will be merged. Each of these paths is expected to have a mkdocs.yml file and a docs folder.
• -u (optional): Unify sites with the same "site_name" into a single sub-site.

Example

$ mkdocs-merge run root/mypath/mysite /another/path/new-site /newpath/website

A single MkDocs site will be created in root/mypath/mysite, and the sites in /another/path/new-site and /newpath/website will be added as sub-pages.

Original root/mypath/mysite/mkdocs.yml

...
nav:
  - Home: index.md
  - About: about.md

Merged root/mypath/mysite/mkdocs.yml

...
nav:
  - Home: index.md
  - About: about.md
  - new-site: new-site/home/another.md # Page merged from /another/path/new-site
  - website: website/index.md # Page merged from /newpath/website

Development

Dev Install

Clone the repository and specify the dev dependencies on the install command.

Check this StackOverflow answer for more details about the dev dependencies

$ pip install -e .[dev]

Test

The tests can be run using tox from the root directory. tox is part of the development dependencies:

$ tox

Project Status

Very basic implementation. The code works but doesn't allow to specify options for the merging.

Pending work

• Refactoring of large functions.
• GitHub Actions build.
• Publish pip package.
• Better error handling.
• Merge configuration via CLI options.
• Unit testing (work in progress).
• CLI integration testing.
• Consider more complex cases.
• Make MkDocs Merge module friendly: thanks to mihaipopescu