Snippets for GitBook

Include entire code files or fragments of code files in your pages. Read files from file system, or from git.

Installation

{
  "plugins": [
    "snippet@git+https://github.com/cucumber-ltd/gitbook-plugin-snippet.git"
  ],
  "pluginsConfig": {
    "snippet": {
      "problem": "fail"
    }
  }
}

The problem property can be "warn" ,"error" or "fail". Default is "error".

Include entire file

Let's say you have a file some/file.rb:

puts "hello"

You can include its contents in a document as follows:

Look at this code:

```ruby
[snippet](some/file.rb)
```

The [snippet](...) link will be replaced with the entire contents of the file:

Look at this code:

```ruby
puts "hello"
```

Include fragments from files

Let's say you have a file some/file-with-fragment.rb with doxygen-like block markers:

class Fragment
  ### [the-marker] 
  if true
    puts "the fragment"
  end
  ### [the-marker] 
end

You can include just the fragment between the markers as follows:

Look at this code:

```ruby
[snippet](some/file-with-fragment.rb#the-marker)
```

Result:

Look at this code:

```ruby
if true
  puts "the fragment"
end
```

Note that the fragment has been unindented while preserving whitespace.

Include files from git

Just apend @ after the marker, followed by the commit message (or substring of commit message). Example:

[snippet](some/file-with-fragment.rb#the-marker@this fixes a bug)

All branches will be searched. If multiple commits match the commit message, the most recent one is always picked.

Inspiration

• https://github.com/rlmv/gitbook-plugin-include
• https://github.com/azu/gitbook-plugin-include-codeblock