README-DOCS.md

Documentation

Instructions for managing documentation on read the docs.

Build locally

To build locally, you need to run the following -- make sure you're in the root of the repo:

pip install -r requirements-docs.txt

and then one of the following to build and view the documents:

sphinx-build -b dirhtml -W -E -T -a docs /tmp/mydocs
python -m http.server --directory /tmp/mydocs

or for auto rebuilding do:

sphinx-autobuild -b dirhtml -W -E -T  --watch hamilton/ -a docs /tmp/mydocs

Then it'll be running on port 8000.

Note: readthedocs builds will fail if there are ANY WARNINGs in the build. So make sure to check the build log for any warnings, and fix them, else you'll waste time debugging readthedocs build failures.

reST vs myST

We use both! The general breakdown of when to use which is:

1. For documentation that we want to be viewable in github, use myST.
2. Otherwise default to using reST.