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Structuring a repo for docs

Root level of the repo

  • docs directory : All source files for documentation go here.
  • readthedocs.yml : configuration file for readthedocs to build using conda

Repo root directory

Inside the docs directory

  • source directory : contains all content source files in .rst, .md, or .ipynb
  • makefile : used by Sphinx to build the docs
  • environment.yml : conda build instructions

 directory

Sphinx

  • conf.py : Sphinx configuration file
  • index.rst of contents.rst : Sphinx master table of contents file
  • _static directory : contains images, drawings, icons
  • _templates directory: overrides theme templates and layouts
  • build directory : html files generated by Sphinx (do not check this directory into GitHub)