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diff --git a/tools/moztreedocs/docs/mdn-import.rst b/tools/moztreedocs/docs/mdn-import.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..69d2f56df4 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/moztreedocs/docs/mdn-import.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Importing documentation from MDN +-------------------------------- + +As MDN should not be used for documenting mozilla-central specific code or process, +the documentation should be migrated in this repository. + +The meta bug is `Bug 1617963 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=migrate-from-mdn>`__. + +Fortunately, there is an easy way to import the doc from MDN using GitHub +to the firefox source docs. + +1. Install https://pandoc.org/ - If you are using packages provided by your distribution, + make sure that the version is not too old. + +2. Identify where your page is located on the GitHub repository ( https://github.com/mdn/archived-content/tree/main/files/en-us/mozilla ). + Get the raw URL + +3. Run pandoc the following way: + +.. code-block:: shell + + $ pandoc -t rst https://github.com/mdn/archived-content/tree/main/files/en-us/mozilla/firefox/performance_best_practices_for_firefox_fe_engineers > doc.rst + +4. In the new doc.rst, identify the images and wget/curl them into `img/`. + +5. Verify the rst syntax using `./mach lint -l rst`_ + +.. _./mach lint -l rst: /tools/lint/linters/rstlinter.html + +6. If relevant, remove unbreakable spaces (rendered with a "!" on Phabricator) + +.. code-block:: shell + + $ sed -i -e 's/\xc2\xa0/ /g' doc.rst |