Introduction to Doctoc

Doctoc is a powerful documentation generator that enhances your project’s documentation by creating a table of contents that is automatically updated. It is particularly useful for managing large repositories with extensive documentation.

Getting Started with Doctoc

To install Doctoc, you can use npm:

  npm install -g doctoc

Key Features and APIs of Doctoc

Generate TOC for a Directory

  
  doctoc ./docs
  

This command generates a table of contents for all markdown files in the ./docs directory.

Generate TOC for a Single File

  
  doctoc README.md
  

This command generates a table of contents for the README.md file.

Custom TOC Title

  
  doctoc --title 'Custom TOC Title' README.md
  

This enables you to set a custom title for the TOC generated in README.md.

Exclude Headers

  
  doctoc --notitle --maxlevel 3 README.md
  

Use --notitle to exclude the title and --maxlevel to limit the header levels included in the TOC.

Updating Existing TOC

  
  doctoc .
  

This updates the existing TOC in all markdown files within the current directory.

Example Application Using Doctoc

Below is an example of a simple project utilizing doctoc for documentation:

  
  ├── README.md
  ├── docs
  │   └── guide.md
  └── src
      └── index.js
  

Generate TOC for the entire project:

  
  doctoc .
  

This generates TOCs for both the README.md file and guide.md within the docs directory, ensuring that all documentation is easily navigable.

By using doctoc, you can maintain organized and user-friendly documentation that enhances the overall readability of your project.

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