github-wiki-from-markdown-book

Loads and collates markdown topic files using a YAML encoded book that organizes the topics into a book. This is sort of like a highly watered down version of DITA.

Important - There are no unit tests yet.

Installation

$ npm install --save-dev github-wiki-from-markdown-book

Usage - build command

$ github-wiki-from-markdown-book build --source=markdown-book.yaml --output=./wiki

Argument	Description
--input	Path to the YAML input file that composes the markdown book.
--output	Output path for generated Github wiki pages.
--help	Shows usage information.

Usage - clean command

$ github-wiki-from-markdown-book clean --output=./wiki

Argument	Description
--input	Path to the YAML input file that composes the markdown book.
--output	Output path for generated Github wiki pages.
--help	Shows usage information.

Example book.yaml

title: Example Book
author: Joe Bloggs
 
 
# Base URL for 'source' links in generated output. 
# Note: Source links are not generated if this is not specified. 
sourceBaseUrl: https://github.com/rotorz/github-wiki-from-markdown-book/blob/master/example-book/
 
# Relative path to topic that will be used as root node of generated TOC. 
tocRootTopic: ./topics/Home.md
# Maximum depth for generated TOC. 
tocDepth: 2
 
 
# List of asset directory names (these are copied to generated output). 
assetDirectoryNames:
  - img
 
 
# List of special files - these get processed but are not treated as topics. 
special:
  - source: ./special/_Footer.md
  - source: ./special/_Sidebar.md
 
 
# List of topics. 
topics:
  # Chapter: Getting Started 
  - source: ./topics/Getting-Started.md
    topics:
      # Sub-topic 
      - source: ./topics/Introduction.md
      - source: ./topics/Installation.md
      - source: ./topics/Software-Updates.md
 
  # Chapter: User Interface 
  - source: ./topics/User-Interface.md
    topics:
      # Sub-topics 
      - source: ./topics/Main-Window.md
        topics:
          # Going deeper! sub-topics of "Main Window". 
          - source: ./topics/Toolbar.md
          - source: ./topics/Status-Panel.md
          - source: ./topics/Viewports.md
      - source: ./topics/Create-Viewport.md
 
 
# Associates topics with one another to produce 'Related Topics' listings. 
referenceTable:
  - type: sourceonly
    sources:
      - ./topics/Viewports.md
    targets:
      - ./topics/Create-Viewport.md

Contribution Agreement

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