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Pre-Commit Hook for Markdown Generation

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python, yaml

Research direction

The issue does not name files, tests, or a generation entry point; first locate how YAML parameter definitions are turned into Markdown and check the repository’s contribution or hook configuration. Done means a documented pre-commit hook can generate the Markdown or detect that it is out of date, with verification steps showing it works.

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Description

Hi! Thanks for the great project. I use it a lot in my ROS packages.

I also love that I can get nice markdown from the yaml. However, I often forget updating the markdown file when I change the yaml.
Have you considered adding pre-commit hooks that do the markdown generation / ensure that markdown is up-to-date wrt. the params definition in the yaml file?

I have some hacky solution running for one of my projects, using pre-commit's repo: local. But a proper hook that is part of this (or related) repo would be nicer I think.
I would be up for providing a prototype / implement it, if desired.

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