The documentation gerrit repository contains AGL documentation website template and content, rendering is visible at https://automotivegradelinux.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. The documentation site is hosted on readthedocs and corresponding builds are mentioned here.

Download Repository

Clone with commit-msg hook :

$ git clone "ssh://<LFID>@gerrit.automotivelinux.org:29418/AGL/documentation" && scp -p -P 29418 <LFID>@gerrit.automotivelinux.org:hooks/commit-msg "documentation/.git/hooks/"

Building a local site

  1. Change into the directory

    $ cd documentation
    
  2. Install MkDocs and rtd-dropdown theme

    $ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  3. Serve locally (defaultly rendered at 127.0.0.1:8000/):

    $ sudo mkdocs serve
    

Process to add new or edit existing markdown files to AGL documentation:

Directory Structure

Find existing or add new markdowns in the following directory structure.

documentation
├── docs
│   ├── 0_Getting_Started
│   │   ├── 1_Quickstart
│   │   └── 2_Building_AGL_Image
|   ├── .....
|   |
|   ├──<Chapter-Number>_<Chapter-Name>
|   |   ├──<Subchapter-Number>_<Subchapter-Name>
|   |   |   ├──<Index-Number>_<Markdown-Title>.md
|   |   |   ├── .....

Markdown Formatting

  1. Add following at the start of each markdown :

    ---
    title: <enter-title>
    ---
    
  2. Internal Linking :

    [<enter-title>](../<Chapter-Number>_<Chapter-Name>/<Subchapter-Number>_<Subchapter-Name>/<Index-Number>_<Markdown-Title>.md)
    

LinkChecker is a tool that allows to check all the hyperlinks in the site.

For testing hyperlinks as soon as the local site is running, do:

$ linkchecker http://localhost:8000

The linkchecker output will display the broken link and there location in the site.

Submitting changes

  1. Install Git Review

    #recent version of git-review  (>=1.28.0 is required)
    $ sudo pip3 install git-review 
    
  2. Write commit message

    # track all the new changes
    $ git add .
    
    # Write the commit message
    $ git commit --signoff
    
  3. Push changes for review to Gerrit

    # first time only
    $ git review -s
    
    # then to push use
    $ git review