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Auto generation of markdown docs! An example from the kubernetes project, for the `kubectl config` command, which as subcommands, and flags, and all sorts of stuff, it will generate markdown like so: config modifies .kubeconfig files config modifies .kubeconfig files using subcommands like "kubectl config set current-context my-context" ``` kubectl config SUBCOMMAND ``` ``` --envvar=false: use the .kubeconfig from $KUBECONFIG --global=false: use the .kubeconfig from /home/username -h, --help=false: help for config --kubeconfig="": use a particular .kubeconfig file --local=false: use the .kubeconfig in the current directory ``` ``` --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https. --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority. --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server. -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server. --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server. --v=0: log level for V logs --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` * [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager * [kubectl config set](kubectl_config_set.md) - Sets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config set-cluster](kubectl_config_set-cluster.md) - Sets a cluster entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-context](kubectl_config_set-context.md) - Sets a context entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-credentials](kubectl_config_set-credentials.md) - Sets a user entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config unset](kubectl_config_unset.md) - Unsets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config use-context](kubectl_config_use-context.md) - Sets the current-context in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config view](kubectl_config_view.md) - displays merged .kubeconfig settings or a specified .kubeconfig file.
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# Generating Markdown Docs For Your Own cobra.Command
Generating man pages from a cobra command is incredibly easy. An example is as follows:
```go
package main
import (
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
)
func main() {
cmd := &cobra.Command{
Use: "test",
Short: "my test program",
}
doc.GenMarkdownTree(cmd, "/tmp")
}
```
That will get you a Markdown document `/tmp/test.md`
Auto generation of markdown docs! An example from the kubernetes project, for the `kubectl config` command, which as subcommands, and flags, and all sorts of stuff, it will generate markdown like so: config modifies .kubeconfig files config modifies .kubeconfig files using subcommands like "kubectl config set current-context my-context" ``` kubectl config SUBCOMMAND ``` ``` --envvar=false: use the .kubeconfig from $KUBECONFIG --global=false: use the .kubeconfig from /home/username -h, --help=false: help for config --kubeconfig="": use a particular .kubeconfig file --local=false: use the .kubeconfig in the current directory ``` ``` --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https. --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority. --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server. -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server. --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server. --v=0: log level for V logs --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` * [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager * [kubectl config set](kubectl_config_set.md) - Sets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config set-cluster](kubectl_config_set-cluster.md) - Sets a cluster entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-context](kubectl_config_set-context.md) - Sets a context entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-credentials](kubectl_config_set-credentials.md) - Sets a user entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config unset](kubectl_config_unset.md) - Unsets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config use-context](kubectl_config_use-context.md) - Sets the current-context in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config view](kubectl_config_view.md) - displays merged .kubeconfig settings or a specified .kubeconfig file.
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## Generate markdown docs for the entire command tree
This program can actually generate docs for the kubectl command in the kubernetes project
```go
package main
import (
"io/ioutil"
"os"
"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
Auto generation of markdown docs! An example from the kubernetes project, for the `kubectl config` command, which as subcommands, and flags, and all sorts of stuff, it will generate markdown like so: config modifies .kubeconfig files config modifies .kubeconfig files using subcommands like "kubectl config set current-context my-context" ``` kubectl config SUBCOMMAND ``` ``` --envvar=false: use the .kubeconfig from $KUBECONFIG --global=false: use the .kubeconfig from /home/username -h, --help=false: help for config --kubeconfig="": use a particular .kubeconfig file --local=false: use the .kubeconfig in the current directory ``` ``` --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https. --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority. --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server. -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server. --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server. --v=0: log level for V logs --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` * [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager * [kubectl config set](kubectl_config_set.md) - Sets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config set-cluster](kubectl_config_set-cluster.md) - Sets a cluster entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-context](kubectl_config_set-context.md) - Sets a context entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-credentials](kubectl_config_set-credentials.md) - Sets a user entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config unset](kubectl_config_unset.md) - Unsets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config use-context](kubectl_config_use-context.md) - Sets the current-context in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config view](kubectl_config_view.md) - displays merged .kubeconfig settings or a specified .kubeconfig file.
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)
func main() {
kubectl := cmd.NewKubectlCommand(cmdutil.NewFactory(nil), os.Stdin, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard)
doc.GenMarkdownTree(kubectl, "./")
Auto generation of markdown docs! An example from the kubernetes project, for the `kubectl config` command, which as subcommands, and flags, and all sorts of stuff, it will generate markdown like so: config modifies .kubeconfig files config modifies .kubeconfig files using subcommands like "kubectl config set current-context my-context" ``` kubectl config SUBCOMMAND ``` ``` --envvar=false: use the .kubeconfig from $KUBECONFIG --global=false: use the .kubeconfig from /home/username -h, --help=false: help for config --kubeconfig="": use a particular .kubeconfig file --local=false: use the .kubeconfig in the current directory ``` ``` --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https. --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority. --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server. -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server. --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server. --v=0: log level for V logs --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` * [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager * [kubectl config set](kubectl_config_set.md) - Sets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config set-cluster](kubectl_config_set-cluster.md) - Sets a cluster entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-context](kubectl_config_set-context.md) - Sets a context entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-credentials](kubectl_config_set-credentials.md) - Sets a user entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config unset](kubectl_config_unset.md) - Unsets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config use-context](kubectl_config_use-context.md) - Sets the current-context in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config view](kubectl_config_view.md) - displays merged .kubeconfig settings or a specified .kubeconfig file.
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}
```
This will generate a whole series of files, one for each command in the tree, in the directory specified (in this case "./")
## Generate markdown docs for a single command
You may wish to have more control over the output, or only generate for a single command, instead of the entire command tree. If this is the case you may prefer to `GenMarkdown` instead of `GenMarkdownTree`
Auto generation of markdown docs! An example from the kubernetes project, for the `kubectl config` command, which as subcommands, and flags, and all sorts of stuff, it will generate markdown like so: config modifies .kubeconfig files config modifies .kubeconfig files using subcommands like "kubectl config set current-context my-context" ``` kubectl config SUBCOMMAND ``` ``` --envvar=false: use the .kubeconfig from $KUBECONFIG --global=false: use the .kubeconfig from /home/username -h, --help=false: help for config --kubeconfig="": use a particular .kubeconfig file --local=false: use the .kubeconfig in the current directory ``` ``` --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https. --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority. --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server. -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server. --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server. --v=0: log level for V logs --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` * [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager * [kubectl config set](kubectl_config_set.md) - Sets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config set-cluster](kubectl_config_set-cluster.md) - Sets a cluster entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-context](kubectl_config_set-context.md) - Sets a context entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-credentials](kubectl_config_set-credentials.md) - Sets a user entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config unset](kubectl_config_unset.md) - Unsets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config use-context](kubectl_config_use-context.md) - Sets the current-context in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config view](kubectl_config_view.md) - displays merged .kubeconfig settings or a specified .kubeconfig file.
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```go
out := new(bytes.Buffer)
doc.GenMarkdown(cmd, out)
Auto generation of markdown docs! An example from the kubernetes project, for the `kubectl config` command, which as subcommands, and flags, and all sorts of stuff, it will generate markdown like so: config modifies .kubeconfig files config modifies .kubeconfig files using subcommands like "kubectl config set current-context my-context" ``` kubectl config SUBCOMMAND ``` ``` --envvar=false: use the .kubeconfig from $KUBECONFIG --global=false: use the .kubeconfig from /home/username -h, --help=false: help for config --kubeconfig="": use a particular .kubeconfig file --local=false: use the .kubeconfig in the current directory ``` ``` --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https. --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority. --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS. --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server. -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server. --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server. --v=0: log level for V logs --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` * [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager * [kubectl config set](kubectl_config_set.md) - Sets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config set-cluster](kubectl_config_set-cluster.md) - Sets a cluster entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-context](kubectl_config_set-context.md) - Sets a context entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config set-credentials](kubectl_config_set-credentials.md) - Sets a user entry in .kubeconfig * [kubectl config unset](kubectl_config_unset.md) - Unsets an individual value in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config use-context](kubectl_config_use-context.md) - Sets the current-context in a .kubeconfig file * [kubectl config view](kubectl_config_view.md) - displays merged .kubeconfig settings or a specified .kubeconfig file.
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```
This will write the markdown doc for ONLY "cmd" into the out, buffer.
## Customize the output
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Both `GenMarkdown` and `GenMarkdownTree` have alternate versions with callbacks to get some control of the output:
```go
func GenMarkdownTreeCustom(cmd *Command, dir string, filePrepender, linkHandler func(string) string) error {
//...
}
```
```go
func GenMarkdownCustom(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer, linkHandler func(string) string) error {
//...
}
```
The `filePrepender` will prepend the return value given the full filepath to the rendered Markdown file. A common use case is to add front matter to use the generated documentation with [Hugo](http://gohugo.io/):
```go
const fmTemplate = `---
date: %s
title: "%s"
slug: %s
url: %s
---
`
filePrepender := func(filename string) string {
now := time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
name := filepath.Base(filename)
base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, path.Ext(name))
url := "/commands/" + strings.ToLower(base) + "/"
return fmt.Sprintf(fmTemplate, now, strings.Replace(base, "_", " ", -1), base, url)
}
```
The `linkHandler` can be used to customize the rendered internal links to the commands, given a filename:
```go
linkHandler := func(name string) string {
base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, path.Ext(name))
return "/commands/" + strings.ToLower(base) + "/"
}
```