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I've recently been researching this for my own needs, and this author's md -> pandoc -> etc chain is pretty much where I settled. Reading this article, I was ho

I've recently been researching this for my own needs, and this author's md -> pandoc -> etc chain is pretty much where I settled. Reading this article, I was hoping to find a way to point code blocks at a git repo (local, remote, w/e) so that as code changes, the book follows (I do mean during the formatting phase - not that an ebook would follow a remote repo to get code.) I did not find that solution in this article. Has anyone come up with a method for doing what I want? Maybe the ```lang code blocks in md could take parameters like repo, file, line range; then an update to pandoc would fix it all right up. Thoughts?

agravier 8y ago
You could probably hack something together with pp and python?
misternugget 8y ago
You should take a look at embedmd, which allows you to include files (or just portions of a file) in a Markdown file: https://github.com/campoy/embedmd https://github.com/campoy/embedmd As I wrote in the post, I didn't use it because it doesn't allow me to include a portion of something and then comment out a part of that, but today I got thinking: if it could include a portion of a function and also the relevant (semantic?) context, it would be 99% of what I need. But the "relevant context" is the tricky part, I guess. I like what git diff does, when it shows the signature of a changed function (does it simply use the first of the previous lines that are less intended?), but I guess it's hard to get really right... edit: GitChapter is also a really interesting project. If it didn't use a real git repository, but something like folders that resemble single commits, I think I'd use it. https://github.com/chrissound/GitChapter/ https://github.com/chrissound/GitChapter/