From 9ccdeac0a5850f7e041a3ab5e47026c82f3029e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hortison <160366376+hortison@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:11:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Tool: create single-file, text-only digest of each content
 area

Signed-off-by: hortison <160366376+hortison@users.noreply.github.com>
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 build-digest.py | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 164 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 build-digest.py

diff --git a/build-digest.py b/build-digest.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build a single-file markdown digest from a Hugo content directory.
+
+Usage: python3 build-digest.py <content_dir> <output_file> <title>
+
+Excludes: release notes, helm chart values, images, videos, HTML comments, Hugo shortcodes.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def strip_front_matter(text: str) -> str:
+    """Remove YAML front matter delimited by ---."""
+    if text.startswith("---"):
+        end = text.find("---", 3)
+        if end != -1:
+            return text[end + 3:].lstrip("\n")
+    return text
+
+
+def extract_title(text: str) -> str | None:
+    """Extract title from YAML front matter."""
+    if not text.startswith("---"):
+        return None
+    end = text.find("---", 3)
+    if end == -1:
+        return None
+    fm = text[3:end]
+    for line in fm.split("\n"):
+        line = line.strip()
+        if line.lower().startswith("title:"):
+            title = line[6:].strip()
+            # Remove quotes
+            if (title.startswith('"') and title.endswith('"')) or \
+               (title.startswith("'") and title.endswith("'")):
+                title = title[1:-1]
+            return title
+    return None
+
+
+def clean_body(body: str) -> str:
+    """Remove images, videos, shortcodes, HTML, and comments from markdown body."""
+    # Remove HTML comments (multiline)
+    body = re.sub(r'<!--.*?-->', '', body, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Remove style blocks
+    body = re.sub(r'<style>.*?</style>', '', body, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Remove script blocks
+    body = re.sub(r'<script>.*?</script>', '', body, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    lines = body.split('\n')
+    cleaned = []
+    for line in lines:
+        # Skip image references (markdown images with image/video extensions)
+        if re.match(r'^\s*!\[.*?\]\(.*?\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg|webp|mp4|webm|mov|avi).*?\)\s*$', line, re.IGNORECASE):
+            continue
+
+        # Skip lines that are entirely a Hugo shortcode call
+        if re.match(r'^\s*\{\{[<%<\*]', line):
+            continue
+
+        # Remove any inline Hugo shortcode tags: {{< ... >}}, {{% ... %}}, {{</* ... */>}}
+        line = re.sub(r'\{\{[<%<\*]+.*?[%>\*>]+\}\}', '', line)
+        # Catch {{ ... }} template calls
+        line = re.sub(r'\{\{.*?\}\}', '', line)
+
+        # Remove remaining HTML tags but keep content
+        line = re.sub(r'<[^>]+>', '', line)
+
+        cleaned.append(line)
+
+    body = '\n'.join(cleaned)
+
+    # Collapse 3+ consecutive blank lines to 2
+    body = re.sub(r'\n{3,}', '\n\n', body)
+
+    return body.strip()
+
+
+def title_from_path(filepath: Path) -> str:
+    """Derive a title from the file path."""
+    name = filepath.stem
+    if name in ('_index', 'index'):
+        name = filepath.parent.name
+    # Convert hyphens/underscores to spaces, title case
+    return name.replace('-', ' ').replace('_', ' ').title()
+
+
+def heading_depth(relpath: Path, is_index: bool) -> int:
+    """Calculate heading depth from relative path depth."""
+    parts = list(relpath.parts)
+    depth = len(parts)
+    if is_index:
+        depth -= 1
+    # Clamp between 2 and 4
+    return max(2, min(4, depth))
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <content_dir> <output_file> <title>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    content_dir = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    output_file = Path(sys.argv[2])
+    doc_title = sys.argv[3]
+
+    # Collect all markdown files, excluding releases and helm-chart-values
+    md_files = []
+    for f in sorted(content_dir.rglob("*.md")):
+        rel = f.relative_to(content_dir)
+        parts = rel.parts
+
+        # Exclude release notes
+        if 'releases' in parts:
+            continue
+        # Exclude helm chart values
+        if f.name == 'helm-chart-values.md':
+            continue
+
+        md_files.append(f)
+
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    out_lines = [
+        f"# {doc_title}\n",
+        f"> Auto-generated documentation digest. Source: `{content_dir}`  ",
+        f"> Generated: {now}\n",
+        "---\n",
+    ]
+
+    file_count = 0
+    for filepath in md_files:
+        raw = filepath.read_text(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
+
+        title = extract_title(raw) or title_from_path(filepath)
+        body = strip_front_matter(raw)
+        body = clean_body(body)
+
+        # Skip empty files
+        if not body.strip():
+            continue
+
+        rel = filepath.relative_to(content_dir)
+        is_index = filepath.stem in ('_index', 'index')
+        depth = heading_depth(rel, is_index)
+        heading = '#' * depth
+
+        out_lines.append(f"\n{heading} {title}\n")
+        out_lines.append(body)
+        out_lines.append("\n\n---\n")
+        file_count += 1
+
+    output_file.write_text('\n'.join(out_lines), encoding='utf-8')
+    total_lines = sum(1 for _ in output_file.read_text().split('\n'))
+    print(f"Done: {total_lines} lines, {file_count} documents written to {output_file}")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()