yt-dlp/devscripts/make_readme.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# yt-dlp --help | make_readme.py
# This must be run in a console of correct width
import re
import sys
README_FILE = 'README.md'
helptext = sys.stdin.read()
if isinstance(helptext, bytes):
helptext = helptext.decode('utf-8')
with open(README_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as f:
oldreadme = f.read()
header = oldreadme[:oldreadme.index('## General Options:')]
footer = oldreadme[oldreadme.index('# CONFIGURATION'):]
options = helptext[helptext.index(' General Options:'):]
options = re.sub(r'(?m)^ (\w.+)$', r'## \1', options)
options = options + '\n'
with open(README_FILE, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(header)
f.write(options)
f.write(footer)