Markdown.md

Pipeline for Markdown files

This project provides a way to lint all Markdown files in your project, a given folder, or the whole solution.

Configuration

By default, the markdown pipeline is disabled. You need to provide a valid source path in order to enable it. The path must be relative to the project directory, e.g. .:

"nodejsExtensions": {
  "markdown": {
    "source": "."
  }
}

Linting the solution directory

You can use the special value _solution_ as the source to lint every md file in your solution directory. The solution directory is considered to be the first parent directory of your project that contains a sln file.

This is useful to catch files not covered by an individual project, such as the root Readme. However, it can cause duplicate warnings for files in other projects that use Lombiq.NodeJs.Extensions. We suggest setting this value in the solution's "entry" project such as your Web project (e.g. Lombiq.OSOCE.NuGet.Web.csproj).

ℹ When using Lombiq Node.js Extensions from a submodule, solution-wide Markdown analysis can more easily be achieved by adding the Lombiq.NodeJs.Extensions.SolutionMarkdownAnalysis project to your solution as well.

Available scripts

To use the npm scripts defined in this project, please follow the setup instructions in the root Readme.

Now, you can use either of the following npm scripts to lint Markdown files:

"scripts": {
  "build:markdown": "npm explore nodejs-extensions -- pnpm build:markdown",
  "lint:markdown":  "npm explore nodejs-extensions -- pnpm lint:markdown"
}

ℹ Remember to provide a valid configuration.

The difference between the two scripts is that build:markdown validates the source path before triggering the linting while lint:markdown will simply fail on an invalid path.

Auto-fixing

Many markdownlint warnings (error codes starting with MD00) can be auto-fixed. The MSBuild warning include “An automatic fix is available with markdownlint-cli.” when this is applicable.

1. Install markdownlint-cli, e.g. by typing pnpm install -g markdownlint-cli
2. Locate or download our markdownlint configuration file.
3. Execute markdownlint --fix --config path\to\lombiq.markdownlint.json path\to\file.md