serbanghita/github-markdown-toc

Easy TOC creation for GitHub README.md

gh-md-toc

gh-md-toc — is for you if you want to generate TOC for README.md and don't want to install any additional software.

Table of contents

• gh-md-toc
• Installation
• Usage
• Dependency

Installation

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/master/gh-md-toc
$ chmod a+x gh-md-toc

Usage

For a example, you have a README.md like this:

• README.md without TOC

And you want to generate TOC for it.

There is nothing easier:

➥ ./gh-md-toc https://github.com/ekalinin/envirius/blob/master/README.md

Table of Contents
=================

  * [envirius](#envirius)
    * [Idea](#idea)
    * [Features](#features)
  * [Installation](#installation)
  * [Uninstallation](#uninstallation)
  * [Available plugins](#available-plugins)
  * [Usage](#usage)
    * [Check available plugins](#check-available-plugins)
    * [Check available versions for each plugin](#check-available-versions-for-each-plugin)
    * [Create an environment](#create-an-environment)
    * [Activate/deactivate environment](#activatedeactivate-environment)
      * [Activating in a new shell](#activating-in-a-new-shell)
      * [Activating in the same shell](#activating-in-the-same-shell)
    * [Get list of environments](#get-list-of-environments)
    * [Get current activated environment](#get-current-activated-environment)
    * [Do something in environment without enabling it](#do-something-in-environment-without-enabling-it)
    * [Get help](#get-help)
    * [Get help for a command](#get-help-for-a-command)
  * [How to add a plugin?](#how-to-add-a-plugin)
    * [Mandatory elements](#mandatory-elements)
      * [plug_list_versions](#plug_list_versions)
      * [plug_url_for_download](#plug_url_for_download)
      * [plug_build](#plug_build)
    * [Optional elements](#optional-elements)
      * [Variables](#variables)
      * [Functions](#functions)
    * [Examples](#examples)
  * [Example of the usage](#example-of-the-usage)
  * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
  * [Supported OS](#supported-os)
  * [Tests](#tests)
  * [Version History](#version-history)
  * [License](#license)
  * [README in another language](#readme-in-another-language)

That's all! Now all you need — is copy/paste result from console into original README.md.

And here is a result:

• README.md with TOC

It supports multiple files as well:

➥ ./gh-md-toc \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/hello_world/README.md \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/primitive_types_and_operators/README.md \
    https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/unique_pointers/README.md

  * [Hello world](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/hello_world/README.md#hello-world)

  * [Control Flow](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#control-flow)
    * [If](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#if)
    * [Loops](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#loops)
    * [For loops](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#for-loops)
    * [Switch/Match](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#switchmatch)
    * [Method call](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/control_flow/README.md#method-call)

  * [Primitive Types and Operators](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/primitive_types_and_operators/README.md#primitive-types-and-operators)

  * [Unique Pointers](https://github.com/aminb/rust-for-c/blob/master/unique_pointers/README.md#unique-pointers)

Dependency

• curl or wget
• awk

Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 in bash/zsh.