On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Stephen Finucane < stephen.finuc...@intel.com> wrote:
> This provides a quick, easy way to use the 'mdl' executable provided > in markdowlinter to validate documentation. > > This change does not resolve any of the issues this linter raises - > these will need to be done in a follow up patch. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen.finuc...@intel.com> > --- > INSTALL.md | 5 +++++ > Makefile.am | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md > index 906825a..7311915 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.md > +++ b/INSTALL.md > @@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ To run the unit tests, you also need: > - Perl. Version 5.10.1 is known to work. Earlier versions should > also work. > > +If you are going to modify Open vSwitch documentation, please consider > +installing the following to validate your changes: > + > + - "markdownlint" (https://github.com/mivok/markdownlint) > + > The ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) manpage will include an E-R diagram, in > formats other than plain text, only if you have the following: > > diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am > index 966ba27..d58cb59 100644 > --- a/Makefile.am > +++ b/Makefile.am > @@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ dist-docs: > VERSION=$(VERSION) $(srcdir)/build-aux/dist-docs $(srcdir) $(docs) > .PHONY: dist-docs > > +lint-docs: > + mdl $(docs) > +.PHONY: dist-docs You have a typo here: s/dist-docs/lint-docs/ What results does this come up with for the current docs? That'd probably help demonstrate the value. I got errors trying to install mdl and decided to just ask for now instead. :-) In general though, I think this seems like a fine idea. -- Russell Bryant _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev