docs/packages/lib-doc/default.nix

# Generates the documentation for library functions via nixdoc.
{
  pkgs,
  libsets,
  inputs,
}:
let

  inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib nixdoc;

in
stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "nixpkgs-lib-docs";
  src = "${inputs.nixpkgs.outPath}/lib";

  buildInputs = [ nixdoc ];
  installPhase = ''
    function docgen {
      name=$1
      baseName=$2
      description=$3
      # TODO: wrap lib.$name in <literal>, make nixdoc not escape it
      if [[ -e "../lib/$baseName.nix" ]]; then
        nixdoc -c "$name" -d "lib.$name: $description" -l ${pkgs.doc-locations-json} -f "$baseName.nix" > "$out/$name.md"
      else
        nixdoc -c "$name" -d "lib.$name: $description" -l ${pkgs.doc-locations-json} -f "$baseName/default.nix" > "$out/$name.md"
      fi
      echo "$out/$name.md" >> "$out/index.md"
    }

    mkdir -p "$out"

    cat > "$out/index.md" << 'EOF'
    ```{=include=} sections auto-id-prefix=auto-generated
    EOF

    ${lib.concatMapStrings (
      {
        name,
        baseName ? name,
        description,
      }:
      ''
        docgen ${name} ${baseName} ${lib.escapeShellArg description}
      ''
    ) libsets}

    echo '```' >> "$out/index.md"
  '';
}