Add repository rst files in the sphinx docs

docs/.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 _build
+references/docs/*
 references/docstrings/cms
 references/docstrings/common
 references/docstrings/lms

docs/conf.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, root)
 sys.path.append(root / "docs")
 
+from repository_docs import RepositoryDocs
 
 # Use a settings module that allows all LMS and Studio code to be imported
 # without errors.  If running sphinx-apidoc, we already set a different
@@ -307,6 +308,9 @@ def on_init(app):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name, unused-
     Read the Docs won't run tox or custom shell commands, so we need this to
     avoid checking in the generated reStructuredText files.
     """
+    repo_docs_build_path = f'{root}/docs/references/docs'
+    RepositoryDocs(root, repo_docs_build_path).build_rst_docs()
+
     docs_path = root / 'docs'
     apidoc_path = 'sphinx-apidoc'
     if hasattr(sys, 'real_prefix'):  # Check to see if we are in a virtualenv

docs/references/index.rst

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ References
     :caption: Table of Contents
 
     *
+    docs/index
     docstrings/index

docs/repository_docs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import fnmatch
+import os
+import shutil
+
+DEFAULT_PATTERNS_TO_EXCLUDE_DIRS = (
+    '*.tox',
+    '*.git',
+    '*__pycache__',
+    '*.github',
+    '*.pytest_cache',
+    'build',
+    'docs',
+    'node_modules',
+    'src',
+    'test_root',
+)
+
+DEFAULT_PATTERNS_TO_EXCLUDE_FILES = (
+    'readme.rst',
+    'changelog.rst',
+)
+
+
+class RepositoryDocs:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        root,
+        build_path,
+        patterns_to_exclude_dirs=DEFAULT_PATTERNS_TO_EXCLUDE_DIRS,
+        patterns_to_exclude_files=DEFAULT_PATTERNS_TO_EXCLUDE_FILES,
+    ):
+        self.root = root
+        self.build_path = build_path
+        self.patterns_to_exclude_dirs = patterns_to_exclude_dirs
+        self.patterns_to_exclude_files = patterns_to_exclude_files
+
+    def build_rst_docs(self):
+        os.makedirs(self.build_path, exist_ok=True)
+        self._create_index_rst_file(self.build_path)
+        rst_files = self._find_rst_files()
+        self._copy_files(rst_files)
+
+    def _copy_files(self, files):
+        for file in files:
+            if file.name.lower() in self.patterns_to_exclude_files:
+                continue
+            relative_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.dirname(file), self.root)
+            destination_path = os.path.join(self.build_path, relative_path)
+            os.makedirs(destination_path, exist_ok=True)
+            shutil.copy(file, destination_path)
+            self._create_index_rst_files_on_path(destination_path)
+
+    def _create_index_rst_files_on_path(self, path):
+        directory_paths = self._get_directories_list_on_path(path)
+        for directory_path in directory_paths:
+            self._create_index_rst_file(directory_path)
+
+    def _get_directories_list_on_path(self, path):
+        directory_paths = []
+        while path and path != self.root:
+            directory_paths.append(path)
+            path = os.path.dirname(path)
+        return directory_paths
+
+    def _create_index_rst_file(self, directory_path):
+        directory_name = os.path.basename(directory_path)
+        file_path = f"{directory_path}/index.rst"
+        if os.path.exists(file_path):
+            return
+        file_content = f"""{directory_name}
+{len(directory_name) * '='}
+
+.. toctree::
+   :glob:
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   *
+   */*index
+"""
+        with open(file_path, "w") as file:
+            file.write(file_content)
+
+    def _find_rst_files(self):
+        rst_files = []
+        for dir_path, dir_names, file_names in os.walk(self.root):
+            for excluded_dir in self.patterns_to_exclude_dirs:
+                if fnmatch.fnmatch(dir_path, f'{self.root}/{excluded_dir}*'):
+                    dir_names.clear()
+                    file_names.clear()
+                    break
+            for file_name in file_names:
+                if file_name.lower().endswith('.rst'):
+                    rst_files.append(os.path.join(dir_path, file_name))
+            if '__pycache__' in dir_names:
+                dir_names.remove('__pycache__')
+        return rst_files