Merge pull request #33 from norwoodj/issue-28-output

feat: adds a --output-file cli option for specifying the file to whic…

cmd/helm-docs/command_line.go

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ func newHelmDocsCommand(run func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string)) (*cobra.Com
 	command.PersistentFlags().BoolP("dry-run", "d", false, "don't actually render any markdown files just print to stdout passed")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("ignore-file", "i", ".helmdocsignore", "The filename to use as an ignore file to exclude chart directories")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("log-level", "l", "info", logLevelUsage)
-	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("template-file", "t", "README.md.gotmpl", "gotemplate file to use to generate documentation for charts")
+	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("output-file", "o", "README.md", "markdown file path relative to each chart directory to which rendered documentation will be written")
+	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("template-file", "t", "README.md.gotmpl", "gotemplate file path relative to each chart directory from which documentation will be generated")
 
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()
 	viper.SetEnvPrefix("HELM_DOCS")

pkg/document/generate.go

@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/pkg/helm"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 func getOutputFile(chartDirectory string, dryRun bool) (*os.File, error) {
 	if dryRun {
 		return os.Stdout, nil
 	}
 
-	f, err := os.Create(fmt.Sprintf("%s/README.md", chartDirectory))
+	outputFile := viper.GetString("output-file")
+	f, err := os.Create(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", chartDirectory, outputFile))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err