This guide will walk you through the steps required to generate a Markdown representation of a GitHub repository's directory structure on a Windows machine.
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Clone the Repository
Clone the repository to your local machine. You can use GitHub Desktop or use the command line (CMD or PowerShell).
git clone https://github.com/username/repo.git
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Navigate to Repository Directory
Use the
cd
(change directory) command to navigate to the root directory of the repository.cd path\to\repo
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Generate Directory Structure
Use the
tree
command to print the directory structure. This command will create a text fileoutput.txt
in the same directory with the structure of the directory and its files.tree /f /a > output.txt
In this command:
/f
includes files in the output, not just directories./a
uses ASCII characters for the tree, which are more likely to display correctly in different text editors.> output.txt
saves the output to a text file instead of printing it in the console.
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Convert to Markdown
Convert the output to Markdown. You will need to manually convert this or write a script to automate the conversion.
The output might look something like this:
+---Folder A | | File 1 | | File 2 | \---Folder B | File 3 \---Folder C File 4
Replace
+---
and\---
with-
, and|
with two spaces (to create an indented list in Markdown). The final Markdown might look something like this:- Folder A - File 1 - File 2 - Folder B - File 3 - Folder C - File 4
Unfortunately, There's no built-in or easy way to do this automatically on Windows. If you're open to installing additional software or programming a script, you might be able to find or create a tool to automate the process. Python would be a good language for this task.