gh-md-toc

coding-to-music · 2021-11-25T07:47:40Z

gh-md-toc — generate TOC Table Of Contents for a README.md or a GitHub wiki page

https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc

It's my try to fix a problem:

github/issues/215

gh-md-toc is able to process:

stdin
local files (markdown files in local file system)
remote files (html files on github.com)

gh-md-toc tested on Ubuntu, and macOS High Sierra (gh-md-toc release 0.4.9). If you want it on Windows, you
better to use a golang based implementation:

github-markdown-toc.go

It's more solid, reliable and with ability of a parallel processing. And
absolutely without dependencies.

Installation

Linux (manual installation)

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/master/gh-md-toc
$ chmod a+x gh-md-toc

MacOS (manual installation)

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/master/gh-md-toc -o gh-md-toc
$ chmod a+x gh-md-toc

Linux or MacOS (using Basher)

$ basher install ekalinin/github-markdown-toc
# `gh-md-toc` will automatically be available in the PATH

Usage

STDIN

Here's an example of TOC creating for markdown from STDIN:

➥ cat ~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md | ./gh-md-toc -
  * [Dockerfile.vim](#dockerfilevim)
  * [Screenshot](#screenshot)
  * [Installation](#installation)
        * [OR using Pathogen:](#or-using-pathogen)
        * [OR using Vundle:](#or-using-vundle)
  * [License](#license)

Local files

Here's an example of TOC creating for a local README.md:

➥ ./gh-md-toc ~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md


Table of Contents
=================

  * [Dockerfile.vim](#dockerfilevim)
  * [Screenshot](#screenshot)
  * [Installation](#installation)
        * [OR using Pathogen:](#or-using-pathogen)
        * [OR using Vundle:](#or-using-vundle)
  * [License](#license)

Remote files

And here's an example, when you have a README.md like this:

README.md without TOC

And you want to generate TOC for it.

There is nothing easier:

➥ ./gh-md-toc https://github.com/ekalinin/envirius/blob/master/README.md

Table of Contents
=================

  * [envirius](#envirius)
    * [Idea](#idea)
    * [Features](#features)
  * [Installation](#installation)
  * [Uninstallation](#uninstallation)
  * [Available plugins](#available-plugins)
  * [Usage](#usage)
    * [Check available plugins](#check-available-plugins)
    * [Check available versions for each plugin](#check-available-versions-for-each-plugin)
    * [Create an environment](#create-an-environment)
    * [Activate/deactivate environment](#activatedeactivate-environment)
      * [Activating in a new shell](#activating-in-a-new-shell)
      * [Activating in the same shell](#activating-in-the-same-shell)
    * [Get list of environments](#get-list-of-environments)
    * [Get current activated environment](#get-current-activated-environment)
    * [Do something in environment without enabling it](#do-something-in-environment-without-enabling-it)
    * [Get help](#get-help)
    * [Get help for a command](#get-help-for-a-command)
  * [How to add a plugin?](#how-to-add-a-plugin)
    * [Mandatory elements](#mandatory-elements)
      * [plug_list_versions](#plug_list_versions)
      * [plug_url_for_download](#plug_url_for_download)
      * [plug_build](#plug_build)
    * [Optional elements](#optional-elements)
      * [Variables](#variables)
      * [Functions](#functions)
    * [Examples](#examples)
  * [Example of the usage](#example-of-the-usage)
  * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
  * [Supported OS](#supported-os)
  * [Tests](#tests)
  * [Version History](#version-history)
  * [License](#license)
  * [README in another language](#readme-in-another-language)

That's all! Now all you need — is copy/paste result from console into original
README.md.

If you do not want to copy from console you can add > YOURFILENAME.md at the end of the command like ./gh-md-toc https://github.com/ekalinin/envirius/blob/master/README.md > table-of-contents.md and this will store the table of contents to a file named table-of-contents.md in your current folder.

And here is a result:

README.md with TOC

Moreover, it's able to work with GitHub's wiki pages:

➥ ./gh-md-toc https://github.com/ekalinin/nodeenv/wiki/Who-Uses-Nodeenv

Table of Contents
=================

  * [Who Uses Nodeenv?](#who-uses-nodeenv)
    * [OpenStack](#openstack)
    * [pre-commit.com](#pre-commitcom)

Multiple files

It supports multiple files as well:

➥ ./gh-md-toc \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/hello_world/README.md \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/primitive_types_and_operators/README.md \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/unique_pointers/README.md

  * [Hello world](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/hello_world/README.md#hello-world)

  * [Control Flow](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#control-flow)
    * [If](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#if)
    * [Loops](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#loops)
    * [For loops](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#for-loops)
    * [Switch/Match](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#switchmatch)
    * [Method call](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#method-call)

  * [Primitive Types and Operators](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/primitive_types_and_operators/README.md#primitive-types-and-operators)

  * [Unique Pointers](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/unique_pointers/README.md#unique-pointers)

Combo

You can easily combine both ways:

➥ ./gh-md-toc \
    ~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md \
    https://github.com/ekalinin/sitemap.s/blob/master/README.md

  * [Dockerfile.vim](~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md#dockerfilevim)
  * [Screenshot](~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md#screenshot)
  * [Installation](~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md#installation)
        * [OR using Pathogen:](~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md#or-using-pathogen)
        * [OR using Vundle:](~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md#or-using-vundle)
  * [License](~/projects/Dockerfile.vim/README.md#license)

  * [sitemap.js](https://github.com/ekalinin/sitemap.js/blob/master/README.md#sitemapjs)
    * [Installation](https://github.com/ekalinin/sitemap.js/blob/master/README.md#installation)
    * [Usage](https://github.com/ekalinin/sitemap.js/blob/master/README.md#usage)
    * [License](https://github.com/ekalinin/sitemap.js/blob/master/README.md#license)

Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc)

Auto insert and update TOC

Just put into a file these two lines:

<!--ts-->
<!--te-->

And run:

$ ./gh-md-toc --insert README.test.md

Table of Contents
=================

   * [gh-md-toc](#gh-md-toc)
   * [Installation](#installation)
   * [Usage](#usage)
      * [STDIN](#stdin)
      * [Local files](#local-files)
      * [Remote files](#remote-files)
      * [Multiple files](#multiple-files)
      * [Combo](#combo)
   * [Tests](#tests)
   * [Dependency](#dependency)

!! TOC was added into: 'README.test.md'
!! Origin version of the file: 'README.test.md.orig.2018-02-04_192655'
!! TOC added into a separate file: 'README.test.md.toc.2018-02-04_192655'


Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc)

Now check the same file:

➜ grep -A15 "<\!\-\-ts" README.test.md
<!--ts-->
   * [gh-md-toc](#gh-md-toc)
   * [Table of contents](#table-of-contents)
   * [Installation](#installation)
   * [Usage](#usage)
      * [STDIN](#stdin)
      * [Local files](#local-files)
      * [Remote files](#remote-files)
      * [Multiple files](#multiple-files)
      * [Combo](#combo)
      * [Auto insert and update TOC](#auto-insert-and-update-toc)
   * [Tests](#tests)
   * [Dependency](#dependency)

<!-- Added by: <your-user>, at: 2018-02-04T19:38+03:00 -->

<!--te-->

Next time when your file will be changed just repeat the command (./gh-md-toc --insert ...) and TOC will be refreshed again.

GitHub token

All your tokens are here.

You will need them if you get an error like this:

Parsing local markdown file requires access to github API
Error: You exceeded the hourly limit. See: https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting
or place github auth token here: ./token.txt

A token can be used as an env variable:

➥ GH_TOC_TOKEN=2a2dab...563 ./gh-md-toc README.md

Table of Contents
=================

* [github\-markdown\-toc](#github-markdown-toc)
* [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Tests](#tests)
* [Usage](#usage)
* [LICENSE](#license)

Or from a file:

➥ echo "2a2dab...563" > ./token.txt
➥ ./gh-md-toc README.md

Table of Contents
=================

* [github\-markdown\-toc](#github-markdown-toc)
* [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Tests](#tests)
* [Usage](#usage)
* [LICENSE](#license)

TOC generation with Github Actions

Config:

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths: ['foo.md']

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - run: |
          curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/master/gh-md-toc -o gh-md-toc
          chmod a+x gh-md-toc
          ./gh-md-toc --insert --no-backup foo.md
      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
        with:
          commit_message: Auto update markdown TOC

Tests

Done with bats.
Useful articles:

How to run tests:

➥ make test                                                                                                                 

 ✓ TOC for local README.md
 ✓ TOC for remote README.md
 ✓ TOC for mixed README.md (remote/local)
 ✓ TOC for markdown from stdin
 ✓ --help
 ✓ --version

6 tests, 0 failures

Dependency

curl or wget
awk (mawk is not tested)
grep
sed
bats (for unit tests)

Tested on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 in bash/zsh.

Docker

Local

Build

$ docker build -t markdown-toc-generator .

Run on an URL

$ docker run -it markdown-toc-generator https://github.com/ekalinin/envirius/blob/master/README.md

Run on a local file (need to share volume with docker)

$ docker run -it -v /data/ekalinin/envirius:/data markdown-toc-generator /data/README.md

Public

$ docker pull evkalinin/gh-md-toc:0.7.0

$ docker images | grep toc
evkalinin/gh-md-toc                       0.7.0 0b8db6aed298        11 minutes ago      147MB

$ docker run -it evkalinin/gh-md-toc:0.7.0 \
    https://github.com/ekalinin/envirius/blob/master/README.md

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gh-md-toc — generate TOC Table Of Contents for a README.md or a GitHub wiki page

gh-md-toc

Table of contents

Installation

Usage

STDIN

Local files

Remote files

Multiple files

Combo

Auto insert and update TOC

GitHub token

TOC generation with Github Actions

Tests

Dependency

Docker

Local

Public

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