Condensed tables

Author: ralfhandl

package.json

@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@
     "API"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "format-markdown": "npx prettier --write --single-quote versions/3.2.0.md && npx --yes markdownlint-cli --fix --config .markdownlint.yaml versions/3.2.0.md"
+    "format-markdown": "bash ./scripts/format-markdown.sh ./versions/3.2.0.md"
   }
 }

scripts/format-markdown.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SRCDIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" # check on Windows
+
+for filename in $*; do
+  # mostly to format code blocks with examples, unfortunately messes up bullet lists and tables
+  npx prettier --write --single-quote $filename
+
+  # repair the tables: remove superfluos spaces and dashes that make diffing revisions harder
+  # and sed -i is not portable, so we need to use a temporary file
+  sed -E -e "s/  +\|/ |/g" -e "s/\|  +/| /g" -e "s/-----+/----/g" $filename > $filename.tmp && mv $filename.tmp $filename
+
+  # repair the bullet lists and various other markdown formatting issues
+  npx --yes markdownlint-cli --fix --config $SRCDIR/../.markdownlint.yaml $filename
+done