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A command-line tool for building documentation from repositories into HTML files. Initially based on https://github.com/juju/docs/blob/master/tools/mdbuild.py.

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Ubuntu documentation builder
===

A tool for building a set of documentation files in HTML format,
from a remote git repository containing markdown files.

Installation
---

``` bash
pip3 install ubuntudesign.documentation-builder
```

Usage
---

The basic usage will build the markdown files from a remote repository in the standard format into the local directory:

``` bash
$ documentation-builder # Build markdown documentation from the current directory
# or
$ documentation-builder --repository git@github.com:juju/docs.git # Build documentation from remote repository
```

Optional arguments:

``` bash
$ documentation-builder \
--repository {repository-url} `# A source repository. If provided, all source paths will be relative to this repository root`
--branch {branch-name} `# Pull from an alternative branch to the default (only valid with --repository)`
--source-path {dirpath} `# Path to the folder containing markdown files (default: .)`
--source-media-dir {dirpath} `# Path to the folder containing media files (default: ./media)`
--source-context-file {filepath} `# A file containing the context object for building the templates (default: ./context.yaml)`
--output-path {dirpath} `# Destination path for the built HTML files (default: .)`
--output-media-dir {dirpath} `# Where to put media files (default: ./media)`
--template-path {filepath} `# Path to an alternate wrapping template for the built HTML files`
--media-url {prefix} `# Prefix for linking to media inside the built HTML files (default: Relative path to built media location, e.g.: ../media)`
--no-link-extensions `# Don't include '.html' extension in internal links`
```

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