From 671dbc7f72c2ccd1bbd1aa3ae66a0e627382eebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Ambo Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 15:55:59 +0000 Subject: docs(cheddar): Mention cgit filter compatibility in README --- tools/cheddar/README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'tools/cheddar') diff --git a/tools/cheddar/README.md b/tools/cheddar/README.md index 96faa34a4f6b..706f3b62d552 100644 --- a/tools/cheddar/README.md +++ b/tools/cheddar/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ cheddar Cheddar is a tiny Rust tool that uses [syntect][] to render source code to syntax-highlighted HTML. +It's invocation is compatible with `cgit` filters, i.e. data is read from +`stdin` and the filename is taken from `argv`: + +```shell +cat README.md | cheddar README.md > README.html + +``` + +In fact, if you are looking at this file on git.tazj.in chances are that it was +rendered by cheddar. + The name was chosen because I was eyeing a pack of cheddar-flavoured crisps while thinking about name selection. -- cgit 1.4.1