Markdown_help

.gitignore

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+# ignore ALL files from the dist directory
+dist/

README.md

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+```
+Generate automatic command index from a program.
+
+Usage:
+    make-readme [options] COMMAND
+
+It outputs a Markdown section with program name, 
+help and version information.
+
+Works for any installed program that has --help
+and --version options. Especially useful for Docopt.
+It can be used with the following command to generate readme files:
+    pip install -e .
+
+Options:
+    -h LEVEL, --heading LEVEL  Start from hLEVEL heading [default: 2].
+    --help     Display this message.
+    --version  Display version information.
+```

pyproject.toml

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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "markdown_help"
+version = "0.9"
+authors = [
+  { name="Michal Moroz", email="[email protected]" },
+  { name="Wojciech Mielczarek", email="[email protected]" },
+]
+description = "Generate automatic command index from a program."
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  'docopt == 0.6.2',
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "https://github.com/makimo/markdown-help"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/makimo/markdown-help/issues"
+
+[project.scripts]
+markdown-help = "markdown_help:main"

src/markdown_help.egg-info/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.1
+Name: markdown-help
+Version: 0.9
+Summary: Generate automatic command index from a program.
+Author-email: Michal Moroz <[email protected]>, Wojciech Mielczarek <[email protected]>
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/makimo/markdown-help
+Project-URL: Bug Tracker, https://github.com/makimo/markdown-help/issues
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Requires-Python: >=3.7
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Requires-Dist: docopt==0.6.2
+
+```
+Generate automatic command index from a program.
+
+Usage:
+    make-readme [options] COMMAND
+
+It outputs a Markdown section with program name, 
+help and version information.
+
+Works for any installed program that has --help
+and --version options. Especially useful for Docopt.
+It can be used with the following command to generate readme files:
+    pip install -e .
+
+Options:
+    -h LEVEL, --heading LEVEL  Start from hLEVEL heading [default: 2].
+    --help     Display this message.
+    --version  Display version information.
+```

src/markdown_help.egg-info/SOURCES.txt

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+LICENSE
+README.md
+pyproject.toml
+src/markdown_help.py
+src/markdown_help/__init__.py
+src/markdown_help.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+src/markdown_help.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+src/markdown_help.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+src/markdown_help.egg-info/entry_points.txt
+src/markdown_help.egg-info/requires.txt
+src/markdown_help.egg-info/top_level.txt

src/markdown_help.egg-info/dependency_links.txt

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+

src/markdown_help.egg-info/entry_points.txt

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+[console_scripts]
+markdown-help = markdown_help:main

src/markdown_help.egg-info/requires.txt

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+docopt==0.6.2

src/markdown_help.egg-info/top_level.txt

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+markdown_help

src/markdown_help.py

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+"""
+Generate automatic command index from a program.
+
+Usage:
+    make-readme [options] COMMAND
+
+It outputs a Markdown section with program name, 
+help and version information.
+
+Works for any installed program that has --help
+and --version options. Especially useful for Docopt.
+It can be used with the following command to generate readme files:
+    pip install -e .
+
+Options:
+    -h LEVEL, --heading LEVEL  Start from hLEVEL heading [default: 2].
+    --help     Display this message.
+    --version  Display version information.
+"""
+
+VERSION = '0.9'
+
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+import subprocess
+
+from docopt import docopt
+
+
+TEXT = """{title_heading} {command_name} ({version})
+
+```
+{help_text}
+```
+"""
+
+
+def doc_for(command_name, fmt_string=TEXT, title_heading="##"):
+    version = subprocess.check_output([command_name, '--version']).strip().decode('utf-8')
+    help_text = subprocess.check_output([command_name, '--help']).strip().decode('utf-8')
+
+    return fmt_string.format(
+        command_name=command_name,
+        title_heading=title_heading,
+        version=version,
+        help_text=help_text
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    arguments = docopt(__doc__, version=VERSION)
+
+    command = arguments['COMMAND']
+
+    print(doc_for(
+        command,
+        title_heading='#' * int(arguments['--heading'])
+    ), end='')