emmylua_doc_cli is a powerful command-line tool for generating documentation directly from your Lua source code and EmmyLua annotations. Built with Rust, it offers exceptional performance and is a core component of the emmylua-analyzer-rust ecosystem.

✨ Features

• 🚀 Blazing Fast: Leverages Rust's performance to parse and generate documentation for large codebases in seconds.
• ✍️ Rich Annotation Support: Intelligently interprets EmmyLua annotations (---@class, ---@field, ---@param, etc.) to generate detailed and accurate documentation.
• 🔧 Highly Customizable:
  • Override the default templates with --override-template to match your project's branding.
  • Inject custom content into the main page using the --mixin option to add guides, tutorials, or other static pages.
• 📦 Multiple Output Formats: Generate documentation in Markdown or JSON for maximum flexibility.
• 🤝 CI/CD Ready: Automate your documentation publishing workflow with seamless integration into services like GitHub Actions.

📦 Installation

Install emmylua_doc_cli via cargo:

cargo install emmylua_doc_cli

Alternatively, you can grab pre-built binaries from the GitHub Releases page.

🚀 Usage

Basic Usage

Generate documentation for all Lua files in the src directory and output to the default ./docs folder:

emmylua_doc_cli ./src -o ./docs

Advanced Usage

Generate JSON Output

Output the documentation structure as a JSON file for custom processing:

emmylua_doc_cli . -f json -o ./api.json

Customize Site Name

Set a custom name for the generated documentation site:

emmylua_doc_cli . -o ./docs --site-name "My Awesome Project"

Ignore Files

Exclude certain directories or files from the documentation:

emmylua_doc_cli . -o ./docs --ignore "third_party/**,test/**"

🛠️ CI/CD Integration

Automate the process of building and deploying your documentation to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions.

Example .github/workflows/docs.yml:

name: Generate and Deploy Docs

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install Rust toolchain
        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable

      - name: Install emmylua_doc_cli
        run: cargo install emmylua_doc_cli

      - name: Generate Docs
        run: emmylua_doc_cli ./src -o ./docs --site-name "My Project"

Command Line Options

Usage: emmylua_doc_cli [OPTIONS] [WORKSPACE]...

Arguments:
  [WORKSPACE]...  Path to the workspace directory

Options:
  -c, --config <CONFIG>                        Configuration file paths. If not provided, both ".emmyrc.json" and ".luarc.json" will be searched in the workspace directory
      --include <INCLUDE>                      Comma separated list of include patterns. Patterns must follow glob syntax. It will override the default include patterns.
      --ignore <EXCLUDE>                       Comma separated list of exclude patterns. Patterns must follow glob syntax(deprecated, use --exclude instead)
      --exclude <EXCLUDE>                      Comma separated list of exclude patterns. Patterns must follow glob syntax. Exclude patterns take precedence over include patterns
  -f, --output-format <OUTPUT_FORMAT>          Specify output format [default: markdown] [possible values: json, markdown]
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>                        Specify output destination (can be stdout when output_format is json) [default: ./output]
      --override-template <OVERRIDE_TEMPLATE>  The path of the override template
      --site-name <SITE_NAME>                  [default: Docs]
      --mixin <MIXIN>                          The path of the mixin md file
      --verbose                                Verbose output
  -h, --help                                   Print help
  -V, --version                                Print version