python-docs-hook 0.1.10

A pre-commit hook to generate Python documentation

Python Documentation Hook

A pre-commit hook that automatically generates documentation for Python files by extracting docstrings and function definitions.

Features

• Automatically extracts Python docstrings
• Generates markdown documentation
• Updates README.md automatically in the same directory as Python files
• Handles nested function documentation
• Supports multiple Python files
• Preserves existing README content

Installation

# Using pip
pip install python_docs_hook

# From source
git clone https://github.com/geek-kb/python_docs_hook.git
cd python_docs_hook
pip install -e .

Usage

Add this to your .pre-commit-config.yaml:

repos:
-   repo: https://github.com/geek-kb/python_docs_hook
    rev: v0.1.1
    hooks:
    -   id: python-docs

Install the pre-commit hook:

pre-commit install

Configuration

The hook will:

• Look for Python files in your commits

• Generate documentation from docstrings

• Create/update README.md in the same directory as the Python files

• Use markers to update documentation sections:

  <!-- BEGIN_PY_DOCS -->
  

setup.py

## Example Output

<!-- BEGIN_PY_DOCS -->
## setup.py

<!-- END_PY_DOCS -->

## Development

Clone the repository and install in development mode:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/geek-kb/python_docs_hook.git
cd python_docs_hook
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some