Generate man pages before building the debian package

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 docs/public
 docs/content/signaldctl
 
+# man page files generated for the debian package
+*.1
+debian/manpages
+
 # Binaries for programs and plugins
 *.exe
 *.exe~

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ build:x86:deb:
     - apt-get install -y git-buildpackage dh-golang golang-any golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev golang-github-spf13-viper-dev
     - apt-get install -y ./*.deb && rm -vf *.deb
   script:
+    - echo "generating man pages"
+    - go run ./cmd/signaldctl doc -o man
+    - ls *.1 > debian/manpages
     - gbp dch --ignore-branch --debian-tag="%(version)s" --git-author --new-version="$(git describe --abbrev=0)+git$(date +%Y-%m-%d)r$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD).$(git rev-list $(git describe --abbrev=0)..HEAD --count)"
     - dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
     - mv ../*.deb .
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ build:x86:deb:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "*.deb"
+      - "*.1"
     expire_in: 1 month
 
 publish deb:
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ pages:
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y hugo
   script:
     - mkdir -p docs/content/signaldctl
-    - SIGNALDCTL_PUBLIC_DOC_MODE=on ./signaldctl doc
+    - SIGNALDCTL_PUBLIC_DOC_MODE=on ./signaldctl doc -o md ./docs/content/signaldctl
     - cd docs
     - hugo
     - mv public ../

cmd/signaldctl/cmd/doc.go

@@ -32,8 +32,20 @@ var DocCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Aliases:     []string{"docs"},
 	Hidden:      true,
 	Annotations: map[string]string{common.AnnotationNoSocketConnection: "true"},
-	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-		err := doc.GenMarkdownTreeCustom(RootCmd, "./docs/content/signaldctl", filePrepender, linkHandler)
+	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		var err error
+		outpath := "./"
+		if len(args) > 0 {
+			outpath = args[0]
+		}
+		switch common.OutputFormat {
+		case common.OutputFormatMan:
+			err = doc.GenManTree(RootCmd, &doc.GenManHeader{Title: "signaldctl"}, outpath)
+		case common.OutputFormatMarkdown:
+			err = doc.GenMarkdownTreeCustom(RootCmd, outpath, filePrepender, linkHandler)
+		case common.OutputFormatYAML:
+			err = doc.GenYamlTree(RootCmd, outpath)
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}

cmd/signaldctl/common/signald.go

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const (
 	OutputFormatJSON     = "json"
 	OutputFormatYAML     = "yaml"
 	OutputFormatQR       = "qr"
+	OutputFormatMarkdown = "md"
+	OutputFormatMan      = "man"
 
 	AnnotationNoSocketConnection = "no-socket"
 )

docs/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# [docs are here](https://signald.gitlab.io/signald-go/signaldctl/)