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Repo Visualizer

A GitHub Action that creates an SVG diagram of your repo. Read more in the writeup.

Please note that this is an experiment. If you have feature requests, please submit a PR or fork and use the code any way you need.

For a full demo, check out the githubocto/repo-visualizer repository.

Inputs

output_file

A path (relative to the root of your repo) to where you would like the diagram to live.

For example: images/diagram.svg

Default: diagram.svg

excluded_paths

A list of paths to exclude from the diagram, separated by commas.

For example: dist,node_modules

Default: node_modules,bower_components,dist,out,build,eject,.next,.netlify,.yarn,.vscode,package-lock.json,yarn.lock

max_depth

The maximum number of nested folders to show files within. A higher number will take longer to render.

Default: 9

commit_message

The commit message to use when updating the diagram. Useful for skipping CI. For example: Updating diagram [skip ci]

Default: Repo visualizer: updated diagram

Example usage

You'll need to run the actions/checkout Action beforehand, to check out the code.

- name: Checkout code
  uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: Update diagram
  uses: githubocto/repo-visualizer@0.4.0
  with:
    output_file: "images/diagram.svg"
    excluded_paths: "dist,node_modules"