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Let me read the key files I need to reference directly.

73 files total. Some of those are pre-existing files (like bisect.md, ci-cd.md, notes.md, README.md etc. from an existing docs/ directory). Let me check what was already there.

The CLI repo already has a docs/ directory with hand-written files. I should write to a separate directory to avoid mixing. Let me fix the script.

Now update the workflow to match.

Now let me clean up the previously generated files in docs/ and regenerate into the right place.

64 files, exactly as expected. Let me verify the frontmatter and content of a couple files.

Frontmatter and links look correct. Now copy the generated files to the website and test the Hugo build.

65 files (64 generated + _index.md). Now test the Hugo build.

Build is clean. Let me check if llms.txt was generated and verify the reference pages are in the output.

All there. Let me verify the llms.txt content and that inter-command links work.

Reference pages are in llms.txt. Let me check that the inter-command links resolve correctly in the built HTML.

Lines are too long to see the actual links. Let me extract them more precisely.

Links are resolving correctly. The vulns page links to https://git-pkgs.dev/docs/reference/git-pkgs_vulns_blame/ and all its subcommands, and back up to the root git-pkgs page. Everything works.

Now let me clean up the generated files from the CLI repo (since they shouldn't be committed there) and the website's public directory.

Also remove the copied reference docs from the website's content dir (those will come from the workflow in practice).

Let me also make sure the CLI repo's docs/reference/ dir gets gitignored so generated output doesn't accidentally get committed there.

Let me start the hugo server. First I need to regenerate the reference docs so there's content to browse.

Hugo server is running at http://localhost:1313/. The reference section should be at http://localhost:1313/docs/reference/.

Here's a summary of everything that was done:

CLI repo (git-pkgs/git-pkgs):

Created scripts/generate-docs.go -- mirrors generate-man.go, uses doc.GenMarkdownTreeCustom() with Hugo frontmatter and ref shortcode links
Added go run scripts/generate-docs.go to .goreleaser.yaml before hooks
Added docs/reference/ to .gitignore

Website repo (git-pkgs/website):

Created .github/workflows/generate-docs.yml -- weekly + manual, clones CLI at latest tag, generates docs, opens PR via peter-evans/create-pull-request
Created content/docs/reference/_index.md -- section landing page with weight 90
Added "Command Reference" card to content/docs/_index.md
Added outputs.home with llms format to hugo.yaml

Verified:

Generator produces 64 markdown files with correct frontmatter
hugo --minify builds clean (106 pages)
Inter-command links resolve correctly (e.g. vulns -> vulns_blame, child -> parent)
/llms.txt includes all reference pages
No auto-generated timestamp footer (noisy diffs suppressed)

looking good, can we list the commands on http://localhost:1313/docs/reference/

Two things to fix: remove the redundant SEE ALSO sections (sidebar handles navigation), and add a command listing to the landing page. Let me handle both.

I'll replace the Cobra GenMarkdownTreeCustom call with a custom writer that skips the SEE ALSO section entirely (the sidebar handles navigation). I'll also create a shortcode for the landing page listing.

Implement the following plan:

Generate command docs from Cobra

The command reference on the website is manually maintained and covers about 18 topics, but the CLI has 64 commands. Many commands have no docs at all. The manual docs contain good narrative content (tutorials, CI examples, use cases) that shouldn't be replaced, so generated reference docs go in a separate section.

Changes in the CLI repo (`git-pkgs/git-pkgs`)

New file: scripts/generate-docs.go

Mirrors the existing scripts/generate-man.go. Imports cmd.NewRootCmd(), calls doc.GenMarkdownTreeCustom() to write one markdown file per command into a docs/ directory. The filePrepender callback injects Hugo frontmatter (title, weight) at the top of each file. The linkHandler callback rewrites Cobra's git-pkgs_vulns_blame.md links into relative Hugo paths. Sets DisableAutoGenTag = true on the root command to suppress the auto-generated timestamp footer (it creates noisy diffs on every run).

Add to .goreleaser.yaml hooks (alongside the man page generator):

Changes in the website repo (`git-pkgs/website`)

New file: .github/workflows/generate-docs.yml

Runs on a schedule (weekly) and on workflow_dispatch for manual runs. Steps:

Checkout website repo
Setup Go
Clone git-pkgs/git-pkgs at latest tag
Run go run scripts/generate-docs.go inside the cloned CLI
Copy generated docs/ output into content/docs/reference/
If files changed, open a PR using peter-evans/create-pull-request

New file: content/docs/reference/_index.md

Section landing page with title "Command Reference" and a high weight (90) so it sorts near the bottom of the sidebar, after the narrative guides.

Edit: content/docs/_index.md

Add a card linking to the new reference section:

Edit: hugo.yaml

Enable the llms.txt output format that hextra already supports:

Verification

In the CLI repo, run go run scripts/generate-docs.go and inspect the docs/ output -- should produce ~64 markdown files with Hugo frontmatter
Copy the output into the website's content/docs/reference/
Run hugo server and check the sidebar shows the reference section with all commands
Check that links between parent/child commands work (e.g., vulns page links to vulns_blame)
Check /llms.txt is served and includes the reference pages
Run hugo --minify to confirm a clean build

If you need specific details from before exiting plan mode (like exact code snippets, error messages, or content you generated), read the full transcript at: /Users/andrew/.claude/projects/-Users-andrew-code-git-pkgs-website/e2798a3a-05ca-4e41-8eda-e9df79186723.jsonl

Now create the shortcode for listing commands on the landing page.

Wait, the description won't be set from the generated pages. Let me check what we have in the frontmatter -- we only have title and weight. The short description is in the body. Let me pull it from the page summary or content instead. Actually, let me look at what Cobra gives us in the body.

The old generated files are still there. Let me regenerate and copy.

No SEE ALSO. Now I need the short description available for the listing. The first line after frontmatter is the short description. Hugo's .Summary will pick that up, but it might include more. Let me add a description field to the frontmatter instead.

Also clean up the unused name variable.

Good, that diagnostic is gone. Now update the shortcode to use .Description.

That looks right. Now regenerate, copy, and see the result.

Now copy to website and update the landing page.

Hugo server should have live-reloaded. Let me check for any build errors.

Rebuilt cleanly. The reference page at http://localhost:1313/docs/reference/ should now show the command list, and individual pages no longer have the SEE ALSO section. Have a look.

excellent, open a git-pkgs to add the generate script

I'm on the purl-package-args branch. I need to create a new branch from main for this work.

PR created: https://github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/pull/120

It's already targeting main. Did you mean fetch/pull main in this website repo, or something else?

git-pkgs/git-pkgs main might have some commits you didn't pull and that new pr needs rebasing

Already up to date -- the branch was created from the latest main after the fast-forward pull. PR #120 is clean.

ok and now open a pr on website

PR created: https://github.com/git-pkgs/website/pull/6

The warning is about the 64 generated reference markdown files in content/docs/reference/ -- those are intentionally not committed since the workflow will populate them once git-pkgs/git-pkgs#120 is merged and released.

https://github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/pull/120 tests and linter are failing

Two main functions in the scripts/ package. The linter and build treat all .go files in scripts/ as one package. I need to put the new file in its own directory.

Both scripts are in the same directory. Let me check how generate-man.go is invoked -- if it's run with go run scripts/generate-man.go (single file), then both files being package main in the same dir causes the build to fail when go build ./... hits scripts/ as a package. I need to separate them into subdirectories.

Now update .goreleaser.yaml to use the new paths.

Also update the workflow in the website repo to match.

Now verify the build works locally.

Build passes. Let me also run the generators to confirm they still work with the new paths.

Now amend the CLI commit and force push, then fix the website PR.

Now let me check the zizmor warnings on the website PR.

Two security findings. Let me check the details.

Only one alert and it's already fixed. The PR comments are from the code scanning run on the PR branch. Let me look at the PR review comments more carefully.

Two issues in the workflow:

Line 16: credential persistence -- the checkout action persists credentials by default
Line 32: template injection -- ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }} in a run: block

Now commit and push the fix to the website PR.

Fixed both zizmor findings:

Added persist-credentials: false to the checkout step
Passed ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }} through an environment variable instead of injecting it directly into the run: shell command

Both PRs are updated:

CLI: https://github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/pull/120 (moved scripts into subdirectories to fix the duplicate main build error)
Website: https://github.com/git-pkgs/website/pull/6 (fixed zizmor warnings)

i've merged them, lets prepare a new minor release of git-pkgs

Let me check what Cobra's markdown doc generation API looks like and understand the command naming pattern.

Next minor would be v0.14.0. There's a good set of features since v0.13.2: new resolve and urls commands, PURL package arguments, external plugin support, indexer performance improvements, and the docs generator. Want me to tag it?

Tagged and pushed v0.14.0. Goreleaser should pick it up and build the release with both man pages and the new docs output.

watch ci

Release workflow is running (run 22061419804). Let me watch it.

Release passed. v0.14.0 is live: https://github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/releases/tag/v0.14.0

now trigger the generate-docs workflow on the website and trigger the homebrew formula update workflow too

Both triggered. Let me check they're running.

Homebrew is queued. The generate-docs workflow failed -- let me check why.

The CLI needs Go 1.25.7 but the workflow uses go-version-file: go.mod which reads from the website's go.mod (Go 1.25.0). I need to use the CLI's go.mod instead.

Need to move the Setup Go step after the Clone CLI step so it can use the CLI's go.mod.

Now retrigger it.

Let me start by exploring both repos to understand the existing structure.

Homebrew update completed successfully. Let me watch the generate-docs run, and then check Go versions across repos.

The docs generated and pushed to the branch successfully, but the PR creation failed because of a repo setting: "GitHub Actions is not permitted to create or approve pull requests." That's a setting you'd need to enable in the repo under Settings > Actions > General > "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests".

The branch update-command-reference was pushed though, so you can create the PR manually or enable the setting and retrigger.

Now let me address the Go version consistency. Let me check all the go.mod files.

Website is on 1.25.0, CLI is on 1.25.7. The workflow now reads from the CLI's go.mod so the generate-docs step will use the right version. But the website's own go.mod should be bumped too.

Done. Both repos now use Go 1.25.7.

The generate-docs workflow ran successfully (docs generated, branch pushed) but hit a repo permissions issue creating the PR. You'll need to either:

Enable "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests" in the website repo settings, or
Open the PR manually from the update-command-reference branch that was pushed

how to enable the setting?

Settings > Actions > General > scroll to "Workflow permissions" > check "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests" > Save.

its disabled

That's controlled at the org level. Go to the git-pkgs organization settings: Settings > Actions > General > "Workflow permissions" > enable "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests" there first. Then the repo-level checkbox will become available.

done, retrigger it

All green. Let me find the PR it created.

PR created: https://github.com/git-pkgs/website/pull/7

ok cool, i've merged that, will the command that runs next time skip opening a pr if no changes?

Yes. peter-evans/create-pull-request only creates a PR when there are file changes to commit. If the generated docs match what's already on main, it does nothing.

https://git-pkgs.dev/docs/reference/ is live now

Looks good. 64 commands listed with descriptions, sidebar navigation working.

also check that /llms.txt works

Working. Both the narrative docs and all the reference pages are in /llms.txt.

stop the hugo server

Stopped.

Now I have everything I need. Let me look at the root command quickly to understand DisableAutoGenTag.

Good. Now I have the full picture. Let me implement everything.

Those diagnostics are just gopls workspace warnings since the file is in a different repo from the current working directory. Not an issue.

Now let me check the pinned action versions used in existing workflows so I can match the style.

I need to look up the pinned SHA for actions/setup-go and peter-evans/create-pull-request. Let me check what versions are commonly used.

Now let me verify everything works. First, run the docs generator in the CLI repo.

Generate and Publish Command Reference Docs

Generate and Publish Command Reference Docs

Summary

Generate command docs from Cobra

Changes in the CLI repo (`git-pkgs/git-pkgs`)

Changes in the website repo (`git-pkgs/website`)

Verification

Summary

Generate command docs from Cobra

Changes in the CLI repo (git-pkgs/git-pkgs)

Changes in the website repo (git-pkgs/website)

Verification

Changes in the CLI repo (`git-pkgs/git-pkgs`)

Changes in the website repo (`git-pkgs/website`)