repo-toc

Easily generate a markdown Table of Contents (TOC) for your GitHub repository.

Installation

Install the package using npm:

npm install -g repo-toc

Usage

repo-toc provides a simple way to generate a markdown Table of Contents for all files in your GitHub repository.

Example

Input:

Your directory structure:

.
├── TestFile3.md
├── test-files/
│   ├── TestFile1.md
│   └── TextFile.txt

Output:

The generated Table of Contents:

    <!---TOC-START--->
    * [TestFile3](./TestFile3.md)
    * **test-files**
      * [Test File 1 Title](./test-files/TestFile1.md)

    <!---TOC-END--->

CLI

repo-toc [options]

Options:
      --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
  -d, --dir      Directory path to generate TOC for
                [string] [default: process.cwd()]
  -e, --ext      File extensions to include (comma-separated)
                                                       [string] [default: ".md"]
  -o, --output   File path to save the TOC     [string] [default: "./README.md"]
  -h, --help     Show help                                             [boolean]

repo-toc

Use with Github actions

It will auto generate the TOC after you commit things on Github. You use this github action

name: Generate TOC

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  toc:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Setup Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: '18'

    - name: Install markdown-toc
      run: npm install -g repo-toc

    - name: Generate TOC
      run: repo-toc -i README.md

    - name: Commit and Push Changes
      run: |
        git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git add README.md
        git commit -m "Update TOC"
        git push
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Code Example

To generate the TOC:

const dirPath = __dirname + "/mocks";
const filePath = __dirname + "/" + "README.md";

fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "## Table of contents");
generateTableOfContent({ dirPath, filePath });

// Call the function to generate the TOC
generateTableOfContent();
// It will update the README.md file with the Table of Contents

API

generateTableOfContent(options)

Generates a Table of Contents for the specified directory.

Parameters:

• options (object): Configuration options for generating the TOC.
  • dirPath (string): The directory path to scan for files.
    • Default: process.cwd() (the current working directory).
  • extensions (array of strings): An array of file extensions to include in the TOC.
    • Default: [".md"].
  • filePath (string): The path where the generated TOC will be written.
    • Default: __dirname + "/README.md".

Returns:
void

Contributing

We welcome contributions! If you'd like to report issues, request features, or submit pull requests, please visit our GitHub repository.

License

This package is licensed under the ISC License.

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