Hey everyone! I’m working on a project and I’m wondering if there’s a way to make a table of contents that updates itself in GitHub’s special version of Markdown. You know, the one they use for their docs and stuff.
I’ve been writing a lot of documentation lately, and it would be super helpful if I could just have the ToC pop up without having to manually update it every time I change something. Has anyone figured out a trick for this?
I’ve tried looking through the GitHub Markdown docs, but I couldn’t find anything specific about auto-generating a ToC. Maybe I missed something? Or is there a cool extension or tool that can do this?
Any tips or suggestions would be awesome. Thanks in advance!
yo, i’ve actually dealt with this before! there’s this cool tool called ‘gh-md-toc’ that can help. it’s a script you run that generates a ToC for your markdown files. you can set it up as a git hook to auto-update everytime you commit. it’s not perfect, but it’s way better than doing it manually everytime!
I’ve found a straightforward solution for this using Visual Studio Code. If you’re using VSCode as your editor, there’s an excellent extension called ‘Markdown All in One’ that can automatically generate and update a table of contents for your GitHub Markdown files. It’s quite robust and integrates seamlessly with your workflow.
After installing the extension, you can simply right-click in your Markdown file and select ‘Create Table of Contents’ from the context menu. The extension will then insert a ToC at your cursor position and automatically update it whenever you save changes to the document. It’s been a real time-saver for my documentation projects.
Just remember to commit the updated ToC along with your other changes when pushing to GitHub. This method has worked reliably for me across multiple repositories.
hey there! i’ve used this neat VS Code extension called ‘Auto Markdown TOC’ that does the job pretty well. it automatically creates and updates the TOC as you write. just gotta add a comment where u want the TOC and it fills it in. super handy for keeping everything organized without the extra work!
I have faced a similar challenge and solved it by combining GitHub Actions with the markdown-toc npm package. I installed the package in my project and set up a GitHub Action that triggers on every push. The workflow then runs markdown-toc to update my table of contents and commits the changes back to the repository automatically.
The setup took some initial tweaking—especially configuring the action to commit changes—but it now operates without manual intervention. I also learned that maintaining consistent header formatting is crucial to ensure the ToC generates properly.