Add Comprehensive Documentation
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 5
- Forks
- 1
- Avg merge
- 17h 48m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
Problem
The tool lacks user-facing documentation:
- No rustdoc for public APIs
- No usage examples
- No troubleshooting guide
- Internal architecture not fully documented
Proposed Documentation Structure
3.1 Rustdoc for Library Code
Add module-level documentation and doc comments for all public items:
- Module-level docs for all modules in
src/ - Document all public structs, enums, traits
- Document all public functions with examples
- Configure
cargo docto fail on missing docs
3.2 User Guide (docs/user-guide/)
docs/user-guide/01-installation.md
- Installation via cargo install
- Installation via nix
- Building from source
- Updating
docs/user-guide/02-getting-started.md
- Basic usage
- Common workflows
- Environment variables
- Configuration
docs/user-guide/03-commands.md
- Detailed explanation of each command
- Examples for each command
- Common options explained
docs/user-guide/04-ci-integration.md
- Using with GitHub Actions
- Using with Prow
- Environment variable reference
- Troubleshooting CI issues
docs/user-guide/05-publishing.md
- Publishing to Cargo registries
- Publishing to npm
- Publishing Docker images
- Publishing binaries to GitHub releases
- Publishing to S3
docs/user-guide/06-testing.md
- Running tests in monorepo
- Test isolation and databases
- Parallel test execution
- Custom test configurations
docs/user-guide/07-troubleshooting.md
- Common errors and solutions
- Debug mode and logging
- Known issues
3.3 Architecture Documentation (docs/architecture/)
docs/architecture/01-overview.md
- System design
- Core concepts
- Data flow
docs/architecture/02-crate-graph.md
- How dependency graphs are built
- Change detection algorithm
- Performance considerations
docs/architecture/03-publishing-flow.md
- Publish decision logic
- Registry integrations
- Failure handling
docs/architecture/04-parallelism.md
- Concurrency model
- Job limits and semaphores
- Resource management
3.4 Examples (examples/)
Create runnable examples showing:
- Basic usage of CrateGraph programmatically
- Custom publishing targets
- Advanced workflows
Implementation Plan
Phase 1: Critical Rustdoc (Week 1)
- Add module-level docs for all modules in
src/ - Document all public structs, enums, traits
- Document all public functions
- Add examples in doc comments
- Configure
cargo docto fail on missing docs
Phase 2: User Guide (Week 2-3)
- Write installation guide
- Write getting started guide
- Document all commands with examples
- Write CI integration guide
- Create troubleshooting guide
Phase 3: Architecture Docs (Week 4)
- Document system architecture
- Explain CrateGraph internals
- Document publishing flow
- Document parallelism model
Phase 4: Examples (Week 5)
- Create runnable examples
- Add examples to CI to ensure they stay working
- Link examples from user guide
Success Metrics
- 100% of public APIs have rustdoc
-
cargo docpasses with--deny warnings - User guide covers all commands
- At least 3 runnable examples
- Documentation site generated and published
Tools
- Use
rustdocfor API docs - Use
mdbookfor user guide and architecture docs - Host on GitHub Pages or docs.rs
Labels
documentation, priority:medium
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inventorying public items under src/ and reviewing the proposed docs/user-guide/, docs/architecture/, and examples/ structure. Run cargo doc --deny warnings and inspect the command surface, publishing flow, and architecture before dividing the work. Done means public APIs are documented, the user and architecture guides cover the listed topics, and at least three runnable examples are included.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- markdown, rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100