Specify multiple directories in nbs_path or exclude certain subdirectories

[mattgra]

I would like to build nbdev docs (nb: docs only, no lib code) based on multiple subfolders - the pattern is as follows:

repo_root
└ nbs_dir
	├ sub-directory1
	│	├ core/
	│	└ tutorials/nbs/...  # here are the tutorials!
	├ sub-directory2
	│	├ core/
	│	└ tutorials/nbs/...  # here are the tutorials!
	└ sub-directory3
		├ core/
		└ tutorials/nbs/...  # here are the tutorials!

Thus, I'd like to specify my nbs_path in settings.ini either as follows:

Option 1

# settings.ini
nbs_path = nbs_dir/sub-directory1/tutorials, nbs_dir/sub-directory2/tutorials, nbs_dir/sub-directory3/tutorials

Option 2

# settings.ini
nbs_path = nbs_dir
exclude_pattern = nbs_dir/*/core/

Additional context:

sub-dir1/2/3 are submodules from external libraries which have their own lib code and nbdev tutorials.
This repo would only serve as synced, centralised point to access all tutorials in a single build.

[deven367]

Hey @mattgra, if I understand your requirement correctly, this is already possible in nbdev.

To create tutorials, (do NOT add the #|default_exp flag to your nb). You can check the nbdev repo for this.

Then to update the sidebar, you can manually edit the _quarto.yml file to get your desired sidebar configuration.

[mattgra]

Not sure i fully understand this solution.
In the repo you are showing the settings.ini still points to the nbs folder only. (https://github.com/fastai/nbdev/blob/master/settings.ini)
nbdev then recursively goes through all the folders inside nbs and generates the docs (i.e., also for the explanations, tutorials, and API folders. (see here: https://nbdev.fast.ai/api)

[deven367]

Yes, that's correct. nbdev recursively goes through the notebooks in the nbs folder. The part where the notebooks differ in the api folder vs the tutorials folder is over here.

When the #|default_exp flag is missing in a notebook, no python file is created for it, and it is rendered by nbdev as docs.

API notebook

Tutorials nb