snipsync
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Snipsync
Snipsync makes sure your documented code snippets are always in sync with your Github repo source files.
Prerequisites
This tool requires Node v15.0.0 or above (recommended 15.2.1) and Yarn.
Install
Yarn:
yarn add snipsync
Configure
Create a file called "snipsync.config.yaml" in the project root. This file specifies the following:
origins
: The Github repositories or local files where the tool will look for source code snippets.targets
: The local directories that contain the files to be spliced with the code snippets.
The origins
property is a list of objects that have one of the following 2 formats:
owner
,repo
, and optionallyref
: Pull snippets from a GitHub repofiles
: a set of strings:
pattern
: Relative path to load snippets from. Supports glob syntax.owner
: GitHub repo owner name, to be used in the source snippets linksrepo
: Name of the repo snipsync is being used in, to link to the source snippetsref
: (Optional, defaults to main) Used for writing source snippet links.
If the ref
key is left blank or not specified, then the most recent commit from the main branch will be used.
If the enable_source_link
key in features
is not specified, then it will default to true
.
If the enable_code_block
key in features
is not specified, then it will default to true
.
The allowed_target_extensions
key in features
lets you set a list of extensions to scan. Specify extensions like [.md,.txt]
.
If the allowed_target_extensions
key in features
is not specified, then it defaults to an empty array ([]
) and all files are scanned.
The enable_code_dedenting
key in features
lets you remove leading spaces from indented code snippets. This is handy when you're including a snippet of code within a class or function and don't want to include the leading indentation. This is false
by default.
Example of a complete snipsync.config.yaml
:
origins:
- owner: temporalio
repo: go-samples
ref: 6880b0d09ddb6edf150e3095c90522602022578f
- owner: temporalio
repo: java-samples
- files:
pattern: ./sample-apps/typescript/*.ts
owner: temporalio
repo: documentation
ref: main
targets:
- docs
- blog
features:
enable_source_link: false
enable_code_block: false
allowed_target_extensions: [.md]
enable_code_dedenting: false
Example of a bare minimum snipsync.config.yaml:
origins:
- owner: temporalio
repo: go-samples
targets:
- docs
Comment wrappers
Use comments to identify code snippets and the locations where they should be merged.
Source code
In the source repo, wrap the code snippets in comments with a unique snippet identifier like this:
// @@@SNIPSTART hellouniverse
func HelloUniverse() {
fmt.Println("Hello Universe!")
}
// @@@SNIPEND
In the example above, "hellouniverse" is the unique identifier for the code snippet.
Unique identifiers can contain letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
Target files
In the target files wrap the location with comments that reference the identifier of the code snippet that will be placed there:
<!--SNIPSTART hellouniverse-->
<!--SNIPEND-->
In the example above, the "hellouniverse" code snippet will be spliced between the comments.
Any text inside of the placeholders will be replaced by the code snippet when the tool runs.
The tool will automatically specify the code type for markdown rendering.
For example, if the source file ends in ".go" then the code section will be written like this: ```go
Per-snip features
To customize how a single snip is rendered, add a JSON feature configuration in the snip start line.
<!--SNIPSTART hellouniverse {"enable_source_link": false, "enable_code_block": false}-->
<!--SNIPEND-->
Selected lines
A single source code snippet may be used in multiple places. If so, you may wish to customize which lines are rendered. Add a "selected" configuration to the snip start line.
<!--SNIPSTART hellouniverse {"selectedLines": ["1", "3-5"]}-->
The line numbers are relative to the snippet, not the source file.
The feature supports multiple selections as either a single line or a range.
Highlighed lines
Some frameworks support highlighting code lines in code blocks. If so, you can add a "highlights" configuration to the snip start line.
<!--SNIPSTART hellouniverse {"highlightedLines": "{1, 3-4}"}-->
The line numbers are relative to the published snippet. That means that if selectedLines is used, the line numbers to highlight are relative to the pared down selection that is merged into the Markdown file.
If you use Docusuarus, you just need to add some additional CSS: https://docusaurus.io/docs/markdown-features/code-blocks#line-highlighting
Regex snipping
Instead of specifying a set of line numbers to snip, you can use regular expression patterns to mark the start and end of a snip.
Specify a startPattern
and an endPattern
:
<!--SNIPSTART hellouniverse {"startPattern" : "const \\{ greet", "endPattern": "\\}\\)"} -->
Run
From the root directory of your project run the following command:
yarn snipsync
Remove snippets
In some cases, you may want to remove the snippets from your target files.
Use the --clear
flag to do that:
yarn snipsync --clear
Development
The snipsync tool is set up to run its own functionality during development.
Git ignores the snipsync.config.yaml
file and the /docs
directory within the package itself.
While developing, you can add files to /docs
define the snipsync.config.yaml
file, and
run yarn dev
to run snipsync from the root of the repo.
To clear the snippets run yarn dev --clear
Testing
Run yarn test
from the root of the repo to run the testing suites.