NAME

       dh_sphinxdoc - helps with packaging Sphinx-generated documentation

SYNOPSIS

       dh_sphinxdoc [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [directory...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_sphinxdoc is a debhelper program that prepares Sphinx-generated documentation for
       inclusion in a Debian package. More specifically:

       •   It checks if all the files referenced by searchindex.js exist.

       •   It replaces known *.js files with symlinks to /usr/share/javascript/sphinxdoc/ and
           generates ${sphinxdoc:Depends} substitution variable.

       •   If the Sphinx RTD theme is used, it replaces known files from this theme with symlinks
           to /usr/share/sphinx_rtd_theme/, and adds sphinx-rtd-theme-common to
           ${sphinxdoc:Depends}.

       •   It provides a ${sphinxdoc:Built-Using} substitution variable, for tracking files which
           could not be symlinked. Examples of such files are *.js and *.css files that are
           generated from corresponding *.js_t and *.css_t templates, and can vary depending on
           the used theme options (for instance, basic.css file is generated from basic.css_t and
           is included in almost every Sphinx-generated documentation). Currently, this variable
           will contain sphinx and, if the default theme is used, alabaster, with their versions
           (other themes are not supported).

       •   It removes the .doctrees directory.

       •   It removes the .buildinfo file.

       •   It removes the websupport.js file.

       Note that dh_sphinxdoc does not build the documentation, it only performs the above
       operations when the documentation is already installed into the package build path. To
       build the docs, please use sphinx-build(1) command or python3 -m sphinx syntax.

       You can pass --with sphinxdoc to dh(1) to make it automatically call dh_sphinxdoc after
       dh_installdocs.

OPTIONS

       directory
           By default, dh_sphinxdoc scans your package looking for directories looking like they
           contain Sphinx-generated documentation. However, if you explicitly provide one or more
           directories, only they will be processed. If documentation is not found at directory,
           an error is raised.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being symlinked,
           removed or checked for existence.

BUGS

       Symlinking translations.js is not supported.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7), dh(1).

       This program is meant to be used together with debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>

                                            2023-08-11                            DH_SPHINXDOC(1)