Add BUILDDIR var to doc/Makefile; have tox use it

This adds BUILDDIR as a variable in the documentation generation makefile that, along SPHINXOPTS, SPHINXBUILD, and PAPER, defaults to the usual best value but can be set when invoking make. The main use for choosing a different build output directory is to test building without overwriting or otherwise interfering with any files from a build one may really want to use. tox.ini is thus modified to pass a path pointing inside its temporary directory as BUILDDIR, so the "html" tox environment now makes no changes outside the .tox directory. This is thus suitable for being run automatically, so the "html" environment is now in the envlist.

Author: EliahKagan

doc/Makefile

@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 #
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
+BUILDDIR = build
 SPHINXOPTS = -W
 SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-build
 PAPER =
 
 # Internal variables.
 PAPEROPT_a4 = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
-ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d build/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
+ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
 
 .PHONY: help clean html web pickle htmlhelp latex changes linkcheck
 
@@ -24,52 +25,52 @@ help:
 @echo " linkcheck to check all external links for integrity"
 
 clean:
--rm -rf build/*
+-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 
 html:
-mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/html
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/html $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 @echo
-@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in build/html."
+@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
 
 pickle:
-mkdir -p build/pickle build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/pickle
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/pickle $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pickle
 @echo
 @echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
 
 web: pickle
 
 json:
-mkdir -p build/json build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/json
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/json $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/json
 @echo
 @echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
 
 htmlhelp:
-mkdir -p build/htmlhelp build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/htmlhelp
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp
 @echo
 @echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
- ".hhp project file in build/htmlhelp."
+ ".hhp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp."
 
 latex:
-mkdir -p build/latex build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/latex
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/latex $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
 @echo
-@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in build/latex."
+@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
 @echo "Run \`make all-pdf' or \`make all-ps' in that directory to" \
  "run these through (pdf)latex."
 
 changes:
-mkdir -p build/changes build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/changes
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/changes $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
 @echo
-@echo "The overview file is in build/changes."
+@echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
 
 linkcheck:
-mkdir -p build/linkcheck build/doctrees
-$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/linkcheck
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees
+$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
 @echo
 @echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
- "or in build/linkcheck/output.txt."
+ "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 requires = tox>=4
-env_list = py{37,38,39,310,311,312}, lint, mypy
+env_list = py{37,38,39,310,311,312}, lint, mypy, html
 
 [testenv]
 description = Run unit tests
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ base_python = py39
 commands = mypy -p git
 ignore_outcome = true
 
-# Run "tox -e html" for this. It is deliberately excluded from env_list, as
-# unlike the other environments, this one writes outside the .tox/ directory.
 [testenv:html]
 description = Build HTML documentation
 base_python = py39
 deps = -r doc/requirements.txt
 allowlist_externals = make
-commands = make -C doc html
+commands =
+ make BUILDDIR={env_tmp_dir}/doc/build -C doc clean
+ make BUILDDIR={env_tmp_dir}/doc/build -C doc html