gh-md-toc — is for you if you want to generate TOC (Table Of Content) for a README.md or a GitHub wiki page without installing additional software.
It's my try to fix a problem:
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:
It's more solid, reliable and with ability of a parallel processing. And absolutely without dependencies.
Linux (manual installation)
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/master/gh-md-toc $ chmod a+x gh-md-tocMacOS (manual installation)
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/master/gh-md-toc -o gh-md-toc $ chmod a+x gh-md-tocLinux or MacOS (using Basher)
$ basher install ekalinin/github-markdown-toc # `gh-md-toc` will automatically be available in the PATHHere'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)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)And here's an example, when you have a README.md like this:
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:
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)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)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 https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-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 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.
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)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 --hide-footer foo.md rm gh-md-toc - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4 with: commit_message: Auto update markdown TOCDone with bats. Useful articles:
- https://www.engineyard.com/blog/how-to-use-bats-to-test-your-command-line-tools/
- http://blog.spike.cx/post/60548255435/testing-bash-scripts-with-bats
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- curl or wget
- awk (mawk is not tested)
- grep
- sed
- bats (for unit tests)
Tested on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 in bash/zsh.
- 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$ 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
