GitBook-auto-summary

Automatically update SUMMARY.md of a GitBook repo

自动输出 GitBook 目录的 SUMMARY.md 文件.

By Frank-the-Obscure @ GitHub

Tested with Python 3.4.3 in Windows 7 and OS 10.10

Usage

1. $ python gitbook-auto-summary.py GitBook_repo_root
2. The auto summary file SUMMARY-GitBook-auto-summary.md will be created under the same directory.

• Markdown links of [filename](file link) will be created by default.
• Files is sorted from files a-z, then folders a-z

3. Advanced: using parameters

• Use -a or --append to append new markdown files. Link name in former SUMMARY.md will not be changed. This is very useful when appending new file to an existing summary.
• Use -o or --overwrite to overwrite on SUMMARY.md. You MUST take care before overwriting!

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1. 运行$ python gitbook-auto-summary.py GitBook_repo_root
2. 脚本将自动在同一个目录生成 SUMMARY-GitBook-auto-summary.md

• 默认 link 为 [filename](file link)
• 排序方式为按文件名 a-z, 随后是文件夹名 a-z, 只有含有 markdown 文件的文件夹会被输出

3. 高级用法: 使用参数

• -a or --append 添加新文件. 已有的文件链接名称不会被修改. 这一参数在你修改过某些链接名称后, 只想添加新文件时十分有效.
  • 链接地址会被正确更新
  • 链接排序也会被更新: 如果对排序有特殊要求, 可考虑运行后 copy 想要的链接到目前的 SUMMARY.md 中.
• -o or --overwrite 直接修改 SUMMARY.md. 由于 SUMMARY.md 会被修改, 请务必小心使用这个功能!

Examples

Basic:

eg1. folder tree:

eg1.
├── README.md
├── SUMMARY.md
├── concept-and-definition.md
├── language-secret.md
├── preface.md
├── rationality.md
├── study-under-uncertainty.md
├── twisted.png
└── wheel-of-python.png

python gitbook-auto-summary.py eg1

output SUMMARY-GitBook-auto-summary.md:

# Summary

- [concept-and-definition](./concept-and-definition.md)
- [language-secret](./language-secret.md)
- [preface](./preface.md)
- [rationality](./rationality.md)
- [README](./README.md)
- [study-under-uncertainty](./study-under-uncertainty.md)

Note:

• only .md file converted to link
• SUMMARY.md in input directory is ignored

eg2. folder tree:

eg2.
├── README.md
├── SUMMARY-GitBook-auto-summary.md
├── SUMMARY.md
├── for-myself-at-16
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── SUMMARY.md
│   ├── twisted.png
│   └── wheel-of-python.png
├── nomd
│   └── Untitled.ipynb
└── python-1-to-n
    ├── README.md
    ├── SUMMARY.md
    ├── chaos-to-telegram
    │   └── telegram.md
    ├── gitbook-auto-summary
    │   ├── argparse.md
    │   ├── gitbook-auto-summary.md
    │   └── os-and-os-path.md
    └── mahjong
        ├── chaos-to-bottle.md
        ├── chaos-to-sae.md
        └── mahjong.md

python gitbook-auto-summary.py eg2

output SUMMARY-GitBook-auto-summary.md:

# Summary

- [README](./README.md)
- for-myself-at-16
  - [README](for-myself-at-16/README.md)
  - [SUMMARY](for-myself-at-16/SUMMARY.md)
- python-1-to-n
  - chaos-to-telegram
    - [telegram](python-1-to-n/chaos-to-telegram/telegram.md)
  - gitbook-auto-summary
    - [argparse](python-1-to-n/gitbook-auto-summary/argparse.md)
    - [gitbook-auto-summary](python-1-to-n/gitbook-auto-summary/gitbook-auto-summary.md)
    - [os-and-os-path](python-1-to-n/gitbook-auto-summary/os-and-os-path.md)
  - mahjong
    - [chaos-to-bottle](python-1-to-n/mahjong/chaos-to-bottle.md)
    - [chaos-to-sae](python-1-to-n/mahjong/chaos-to-sae.md)
    - [mahjong](python-1-to-n/mahjong/mahjong.md)
  - [README](python-1-to-n/README.md)
  - [SUMMARY](python-1-to-n/SUMMARY.md)

Note:

• SUMMARY.md in subdirectories is not ignored.
• Directories with no .md file are ignored.

-a, --append

eg3. folder tree:

eg3.
├── README.md
├── SUMMARY.md
├── concept-and-definition.md
├── language-secret.md

former SUMMARY.md in eg3:

# Summary

- [语言的诡计](./language-secret.md)
- [README](./README.md)

python gitbook-auto-summary.py -a eg3

output SUMMARY-GitBook-auto-summary.md:

# Summary

- [concept-and-definition](./concept-and-definition.md)
- [语言的诡计](./language-secret.md)
- [README](./README.md)

Note:

• Former link name of language-secret.md (语言的诡计) is preserved.

-o, --overwrite

Output file is the same, while script overwrite SUMMARY.md.

DO take care before overwrite!