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## Dat Project Documentation

Repository for the documentation of the Dat Project ecosystem. View the docs at [docs.dat-data.com](http://docs.dat-data.com).

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## Writing & Editing Docs

[See docs folder](docs/readme.md) for information on editing and adding docs. Once you finish editing the docs, follow the update & deploy docs instructions.

## Installation & Usage

This documentation uses [minidocs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/minidocs).

### Viewing Docs Locally

1. Clone Repository
2. `npm install`
3. `npm run build:local` to build the docs for local viewing
4. `npm run start` to view the docs in browser

### Updating & Deploying Docs

1. Clone Repository
2. `npm install`
3. Make documentation edits
4. `npm run deploy` to build docs & deploy to GitHub pages.`

### Updating External Module Docs

We use [ecosystem-docs](https://github.com/hughsk/ecosystem-docs) to get documentation from other modules.

1. `npm run update` will update the list of repositories and download the latest docs.
2. Deploy!

## NPM Commands

All the npm commands

* `npm run deploy`: build and deploy to github
* `npm run build:deploy`: build full html pages & css for deployment
* `npm run build:local`: build app & css for local viewing
* `npm start`: start budo server to view locally
* `npm run build:css`: build css, runs with both build commands
* `npm run watch:css`: watch css live and build:local with changes
* `npm update`: run both update commands
* `npm run update:list` updates the repository list only
* `npm run update:build` downloads the latest readme to the docs folder.
* `npm run paper`: create the paper with pandoc

## License

ISC