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docs/environment.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cffi=1.15.1
   - charset-normalizer=2.1.1
   - colorama=0.4.6
+  - commonmark=0.9.1
   - cryptography=38.0.3
   - docutils=0.19
   - idna=3.4

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 
 import json
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import commonmark
+
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
 
@@ -117,3 +120,20 @@
 sitemap_locales = [None]
 # We're hard-coding stable here since that's what we want Google to point to.
 sitemap_url_scheme = "{link}"
+
+
+# Custom hooks
+os.environ["SPHINX_RUNNING"] = "1"
+
+
+def docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
+    """Transform MD to RST for autodoc"""
+    md = '\n'.join(lines)
+    ast = commonmark.Parser().parse(md)
+    rst = commonmark.ReStructuredTextRenderer().render(ast)
+    lines.clear()
+    lines += rst.splitlines()
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', docstring)