comment-block-migrator

Migration utility for markdown-magic - Migrate markdown files with find-and-replace transformations.

Installation

npm install comment-block-migrator

Usage

Basic Migration

const { migrateMarkdownFiles } = require('comment-block-migrator');

await migrateMarkdownFiles({
  replacements: [
    { find: /<!--\s*doc-gen/g, replace: '<!-- docs' },
    { find: /<!--\s*end-doc-gen/g, replace: '<!-- /docs' }
  ]
});

Dry Run Mode

Preview what would change without modifying files:

await migrateMarkdownFiles({
  pattern: 'docs/**/*.md',
  replacements: [
    { find: 'old-word', replace: 'new-word' }
  ],
  dryRun: true
});

Migrate from doc-gen to docs

Convenience function for the common doc-gen → docs migration:

const { migrateDocGenToDocs } = require('comment-block-migrator');

await migrateDocGenToDocs();

API

migrateMarkdownFiles(options)

Migrate markdown files by applying find-and-replace transformations.

Options

• pattern (string): Glob pattern for files to migrate. Default: **/*.md
• cwd (string): Current working directory. Default: process.cwd()
• ignore (string[]): Patterns to ignore. Default: ['**/node_modules/**']
• replacements (Array): Array of replacement rules with find and replace properties
• verbose (boolean): Whether to log progress. Default: true
• dryRun (boolean): If true, don't write files, just report what would change. Default: false

Returns

Promise that resolves to:

• filesProcessed (number): Total files found
• filesUpdated (number): Number of files that were modified
• updatedFiles (string[]): Array of file paths that were updated

migrateDocGenToDocs(options)

Convenience function for migrating from doc-gen to docs syntax. Accepts the same options as migrateMarkdownFiles.

Examples

Custom Replacements

await migrateMarkdownFiles({
  pattern: 'docs/**/*.md',
  replacements: [
    { find: /OLD_SYNTAX/g, replace: 'NEW_SYNTAX' },
    { find: 'foo', replace: 'bar' }
  ],
  verbose: true
});

Multiple Patterns

// Migrate specific directories
await migrateMarkdownFiles({
  pattern: '{docs,examples}/**/*.md',
  replacements: [
    { find: /old-pattern/g, replace: 'new-pattern' }
  ]
});

License

MIT © David Wells