WooCommerce Docs: Improve Manifest Structure, Extend Frontmatter Support (#39214)

plugins/woocommerce-docs/composer.json

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 	"require-dev": {
 		"woocommerce/woocommerce-sniffs": "^0.1.3",
 		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6",
-		"yoast/phpunit-polyfills": "^2.0"
+		"yoast/phpunit-polyfills": "^2.0",
+		"php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs": "^6.2"
 	},
 	"config": {
 		"allow-plugins": {

plugins/woocommerce-docs/composer.lock

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "c3e8ed8878c0f36e0b6be7c78d35663f",
+    "content-hash": "061f99e607a2e8a793f0231a294cc761",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "dflydev/dot-access-data",
@@ -1030,6 +1030,46 @@
             },
             "time": "2022-02-21T01:04:05+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs",
+            "version": "v6.2.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs.git",
+                "reference": "175f395c814d9f52ebd2c1c64069a3b01ef764e8"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs/zipball/175f395c814d9f52ebd2c1c64069a3b01ef764e8",
+                "reference": "175f395c814d9f52ebd2c1c64069a3b01ef764e8",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "php": "~7.3 || ~8.0",
+                "php-stubs/generator": "^0.8.0"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "symfony/polyfill-php73": "Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 7.3+ features to lower PHP versions",
+                "szepeviktor/phpstan-wordpress": "WordPress extensions for PHPStan"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "description": "WordPress Tests function and class declaration stubs for static analysis.",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs",
+            "keywords": [
+                "PHPStan",
+                "static analysis",
+                "wordpress"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/php-stubs/wordpress-tests-stubs/tree/v6.2.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2023-05-15T07:50:52+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility",
             "version": "9.3.5",

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-title: Getting Started with WooCommerce
+category_title: Getting Started with WooCommerce
 ---

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/installation/install-plugin.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+post_title: Install the Plugin
+---
+
+## Install the plugin
+
+1. Download the plugin from the [GitHub repository](https://example.com).
+2. Upload the plugin to your WordPress site.
+3. Activate the plugin.

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/local-development.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Local Development
+post_title: Local Development
 ---
 
 ## Local Development

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-title: Troubleshooting Problems
+category_title: Troubleshooting Problems
 ---

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/what-went-wrong.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: What Went Wrong?
+post_title: What Went Wrong?
 ---
 
 ## Try some troubleshooting

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/testing/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-title: Testing WooCommerce
+category_title: Testing WooCommerce
 ---

plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/testing/unit-tests.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Unit Testing
+post_title: Unit Testing
 ---
 
 ## Unit Test

plugins/woocommerce-docs/scripts/manifest.json

@@ -1,39 +1,53 @@
 {
-  "categories": [
+	"categories": [
-    {
+		{
-      "title": "Getting Started with WooCommerce",
+			"category_title": "Getting Started with WooCommerce",
-      "posts": [
+			"posts": [
-        {
+				{
-          "title": "Local Development",
+					"post_title": "Local Development",
-          "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/local-development.md",
+					"edit_url": "https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/edit/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/local-development.md",
-          "id": "c068ce54044fa44c760a69bd71ef21274f2a5a37"
+					"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/local-development.md",
-        }
+					"id": "c068ce54044fa44c760a69bd71ef21274f2a5a37"
-      ],
+				}
-      "categories": [
+			],
-        {
+			"categories": [
-          "title": "Troubleshooting Problems",
+				{
-          "posts": [
+					"category_title": "Installation",
-            {
+					"posts": [
-              "title": "What Went Wrong?",
+						{
-              "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/what-went-wrong.md",
+							"edit_url": "https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/edit/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/installation/install-plugin.md",
-              "id": "1f88c4d039e72c059c928ab475ad1ea0a02c8abb"
+							"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/installation/install-plugin.md",
-            }
+							"id": "fb59bd01dda7b090e5b0a557948e155a6b679d6a"
-          ],
+						}
-          "categories": []
+					],
-        }
+					"categories": []
-      ]
+				},
-    },
+				{
-    {
+					"category_title": "Troubleshooting Problems",
-      "title": "Testing WooCommerce",
+					"posts": [
-      "posts": [
+						{
-        {
+							"post_title": "What Went Wrong?",
-          "title": "Unit Testing",
+							"edit_url": "https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/edit/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/what-went-wrong.md",
-          "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/testing/unit-tests.md",
+							"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/what-went-wrong.md",
-          "id": "120770c899215a889246b47ac883e4dda1f97b8b"
+							"id": "1f88c4d039e72c059c928ab475ad1ea0a02c8abb"
-        }
+						}
-      ],
+					],
-      "categories": []
+					"categories": []
-    }
+				}
-  ],
+			]
-  "hash": "180a6ce0bebb8e84072fda451758ef6326490a99e7b3a349b9e45baa8c7c54ac"
+		},
-}
+		{
+			"category_title": "Testing WooCommerce",
+			"posts": [
+				{
+					"post_title": "Unit Testing",
+					"edit_url": "https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/edit/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/testing/unit-tests.md",
+					"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/plugins/woocommerce-docs/example-docs/testing/unit-tests.md",
+					"id": "120770c899215a889246b47ac883e4dda1f97b8b"
+				}
+			],
+			"categories": []
+		}
+	],
+	"hash": "db0047299d7dd99bd9a657d59be9e6e4f113710a253c27417427965f7a5ebc8c"
+}

plugins/woocommerce-docs/src/Manifest/ManifestProcessor.php

@@ -31,6 +31,39 @@ class ManifestProcessor {
 		return $converter;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generate post args
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $post The post to generate args for.
+	 * @param mixed $post_content The post content.
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private static function generate_post_args( $post, $post_content ) {
+		$possible_attributes = array(
+			'post_title',
+			'post_author',
+			'post_date',
+			'comment_status',
+			'post_status',
+		);
+
+		$args = array();
+
+		foreach ( $possible_attributes as $attribute ) {
+			if ( isset( $post[ $attribute ] ) ) {
+				$args[ $attribute ] = $post[ $attribute ];
+			}
+		}
+
+		$args['post_content'] = $post_content;
+
+		if ( ! isset( $args['post_status'] ) ) {
+			$args['post_status'] = 'publish';
+		}
+
+		return $args;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Process categories
 	 *
@@ -40,25 +73,27 @@ class ManifestProcessor {
 	 */
 	private static function process_categories( $categories, $logger_action_id, $parent_id = 0 ) {
 		foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
-			$term = term_exists( $category['title'], 'category' );
+			$term = term_exists( $category['category_title'], 'category' );
+
+			$category_args = array( 'parent' => $parent_id );
+
+			if ( isset( $category['category_slug'] ) ) {
+				$category_args['slug'] = $category['category_slug'];
+			}
 
 			// If the category doesn't exist, create it.
 			if ( 0 === $term || null === $term ) {
 				$term = wp_insert_term(
-					$category['title'],
+					$category['category_title'],
 					'category',
-					array(
+					$category_args
-						'parent' => $parent_id,
-					)
 				);
 			} else {
 				// If the category exists, update it.
 				$term = wp_update_term(
 					$term['term_id'],
 					'category',
-					array(
+					$category_args
-						'parent' => $parent_id,
-					)
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -85,31 +120,27 @@ class ManifestProcessor {
 				// If the post doesn't exist, create it.
 				if ( ! $existing_post ) {
 					$post_id = \WooCommerceDocs\Data\DocsStore::insert_docs_post(
-						array(
+						self::generate_post_args( $post, $blocks ),
-							'post_title'   => $post['title'],
-							'post_content' => $blocks,
-							'post_status'  => 'publish',
-						),
 						$post['id']
 					);
 
 					\ActionScheduler_Logger::instance()->log( $logger_action_id, 'Created post with id: ' . $post_id );
 
 				} else {
+
+					$post_update = self::generate_post_args( $post, $blocks );
+					$post_update = array_merge( $post_update, array( 'ID' => $existing_post->ID ) );
+
 					// if the post exists, update it .
 					$post_id = \WoocommerceDocs\Data\DocsStore::update_docs_post(
-						array(
+						$post_update,
-							'ID'           => $existing_post->ID,
-							'post_title'   => $post['title'],
-							'post_content' => $blocks,
-						),
 						$post['id']
 					);
 
 					\ActionScheduler_Logger::instance()->log( $logger_action_id, 'Updated post with id: ' . $post_id );
 				}
 
-				wp_set_post_categories( $post_id, array( $term['term_id'] ), $parent_id );
+				wp_set_post_categories( $post_id, array( $term['term_id'] ) );
 			}
 
 			// Process any sub-categories.

plugins/woocommerce-docs/tests/bootstrap.php

@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ $tests_dir = getenv( 'WP_TESTS_DIR' );
 
 require_once $tests_dir . '/includes/functions.php';
 require_once $tests_dir . '/includes/bootstrap.php';
+
+// Require action-scheduler manually.
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/woocommerce/action-scheduler/action-scheduler.php';

plugins/woocommerce-docs/tests/src/Manifest/ManifestProcessorTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace WooCommerceDocs\Tests\Manifest;
+
+use WooCommerceDocs\Manifest\ManifestProcessor;
+use WP_UnitTestCase;
+use WooCommerceDocs\Data\DocsStore;
+
+/**
+ * Class ManifestProcessorTest
+ *
+ * @package WooCommerceDocs\Tests\Manifest
+ */
+class ManifestProcessorTest extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * Test processing a manifest into WordPress posts and categories.
+	 */
+	public function test_process_manifest() {
+
+		$manifest = json_decode( file_get_contents( __DIR__ . '/fixtures/manifest.json' ), true );
+		$md_file  = file_get_contents( __DIR__ . '/fixtures/test.md' );
+
+		// Mock the wp_remote_get function with a filter.
+		add_filter(
+			'pre_http_request',
+			function ( $preempt, $args, $url ) use ( $md_file ) {
+				return array(
+					'response' => array(
+						'code'    => 200,
+						'message' => 'OK',
+					),
+					'body'     => $md_file,
+				);
+			},
+			10,
+			3
+		);
+
+		ManifestProcessor::process_manifest( $manifest, 123 );
+
+		$get_started_category = get_term_by( 'name', 'Getting Started with WooCommerce', 'category' );
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $get_started_category );
+
+		$install_category = get_term_by( 'name', 'Installation', 'category' );
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $install_category );
+		// Check parent is correct.
+		$this->assertEquals( $get_started_category->term_id, $install_category->parent );
+
+		$troubleshoot_category = get_term_by( 'name', 'Troubleshooting Problems', 'category' );
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $troubleshoot_category );
+		// Check parent is correct.
+		$this->assertEquals( $get_started_category->term_id, $troubleshoot_category->parent );
+
+		$testing_category = get_term_by( 'name', 'Testing WooCommerce', 'category' );
+		$this->assertNotFalse( $testing_category );
+
+		// check posts exist using the DocStore.
+		$posts = DocsStore::get_posts();
+		$this->assertEquals( 4, count( $posts ) );
+
+		$install_plugin_post  = $posts[0];
+		$local_dev_post       = $posts[1];
+		$unit_testing_post    = $posts[2];
+		$what_went_wrong_post = $posts[3];
+
+		// check doc titles (note that they are returned in alpha order).
+		$this->assertEquals( 'Install the Plugin', $install_plugin_post->post_title );
+		$this->assertEquals( 'Local Development', $local_dev_post->post_title );
+		$this->assertEquals( 'Unit Testing', $unit_testing_post->post_title );
+		$this->assertEquals( 'What Went Wrong?', $what_went_wrong_post->post_title );
+
+		// Assert that post was assigned to categories.
+		$this->assertTrue( has_category( $install_category->term_id, $install_plugin_post->ID ) );
+		$this->assertTrue( has_category( $troubleshoot_category->term_id, $what_went_wrong_post->ID ) );
+		$this->assertTrue( has_category( $testing_category->term_id, $unit_testing_post->ID ) );
+		$this->assertTrue( has_category( $troubleshoot_category->term_id, $what_went_wrong_post->ID ) );
+	}
+}

plugins/woocommerce-docs/tests/src/Manifest/fixtures/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+	"categories": [
+		{
+			"category_title": "Getting Started with WooCommerce",
+			"posts": [
+				{
+					"post_title": "Local Development",
+					"edit_url": "https://example.com/edit/local-development.md",
+					"url": "https://example.com/local-development.md",
+					"id": "c068ce54044fa44c760a69bd71ef21274f2a5a37"
+				}
+			],
+			"categories": [
+				{
+					"category_title": "Installation",
+					"posts": [
+						{
+							"post_title": "Install the Plugin",
+							"edit_url": "https://example.com/edit/install-plugin.md",
+							"url": "https://example.com/install-plugin.md",
+							"id": "fb59bd01dda7b090e5b0a557948e155a6b679d6a"
+						}
+					],
+					"categories": []
+				},
+				{
+					"category_title": "Troubleshooting Problems",
+					"posts": [
+						{
+							"post_title": "What Went Wrong?",
+							"edit_url": "https://example.com/edit/what-went-wrong.md",
+							"url": "https://example.com/what-went-wrong.md",
+							"id": "1f88c4d039e72c059c928ab475ad1ea0a02c8abb"
+						}
+					],
+					"categories": []
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		{
+			"category_title": "Testing WooCommerce",
+			"posts": [
+				{
+					"post_title": "Unit Testing",
+					"edit_url": "https://example.com/edit/unit-tests.md",
+					"url": "https://example.com/unit-tests.md",
+					"id": "120770c899215a889246b47ac883e4dda1f97b8b"
+				}
+			],
+			"categories": []
+		}
+	],
+	"hash": "db0047299d7dd99bd9a657d59be9e6e4f113710a253c27417427965f7a5ebc8c"
+}

plugins/woocommerce-docs/tests/src/Manifest/fixtures/test.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+post_title: Testing Post
+---
+
+### Testing Post
+
+This is a test post.

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -3474,6 +3474,9 @@ importers:
       gray-matter:
         specifier: ^4.0.3
         version: 4.0.3
+      js-yaml:
+        specifier: ^4.1.0
+        version: 4.1.0
       octokit:
         specifier: ^2.0.14
         version: 2.0.14
@@ -9184,8 +9187,8 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       '@babel/core': 7.21.3
       '@babel/helper-module-imports': 7.16.0
-      '@babel/helper-plugin-utils': 7.14.5
+      '@babel/helper-plugin-utils': 7.21.5
-      babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2: 0.3.0(@babel/core@7.21.3)
+      babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2: 0.3.3(@babel/core@7.21.3)
       babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3: 0.4.0(@babel/core@7.21.3)
       babel-plugin-polyfill-regenerator: 0.3.0(@babel/core@7.21.3)
       semver: 6.3.0
@@ -18453,7 +18456,7 @@ packages:
       '@wordpress/style-engine': 0.15.0
       '@wordpress/token-list': 2.19.0
       '@wordpress/url': 3.29.0
-      '@wordpress/warning': 2.34.0
+      '@wordpress/warning': 2.19.0
       '@wordpress/wordcount': 3.19.0
       change-case: 4.1.2
       classnames: 2.3.1
@@ -19813,7 +19816,7 @@ packages:
       cosmiconfig: 7.0.1
       eslint: 8.32.0
       eslint-config-prettier: 8.5.0(eslint@8.32.0)
-      eslint-plugin-import: 2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint-import-resolver-typescript@2.5.0)(eslint-import-resolver-webpack@0.13.2)(eslint@8.32.0)
+      eslint-plugin-import: 2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0)
       eslint-plugin-jest: 27.2.1(@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0)(jest@27.5.1)(typescript@4.9.5)
       eslint-plugin-jsdoc: 39.9.1(eslint@8.32.0)
       eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y: 6.5.1(eslint@8.32.0)
@@ -19854,7 +19857,7 @@ packages:
       cosmiconfig: 7.0.1
       eslint: 8.32.0
       eslint-config-prettier: 8.5.0(eslint@8.32.0)
-      eslint-plugin-import: 2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint-import-resolver-typescript@2.5.0)(eslint-import-resolver-webpack@0.13.2)(eslint@8.32.0)
+      eslint-plugin-import: 2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0)
       eslint-plugin-jest: 27.2.1(@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0)(jest@27.5.1)(typescript@4.9.5)
       eslint-plugin-jsdoc: 39.9.1(eslint@8.32.0)
       eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y: 6.5.1(eslint@8.32.0)
@@ -19895,7 +19898,7 @@ packages:
       cosmiconfig: 7.0.1
       eslint: 8.32.0
       eslint-config-prettier: 8.5.0(eslint@8.32.0)
-      eslint-plugin-import: 2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint-import-resolver-typescript@2.5.0)(eslint-import-resolver-webpack@0.13.2)(eslint@8.32.0)
+      eslint-plugin-import: 2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0)
       eslint-plugin-jest: 27.2.1(@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0)(jest@29.5.0)(typescript@4.9.5)
       eslint-plugin-jsdoc: 39.9.1(eslint@8.32.0)
       eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y: 6.5.1(eslint@8.32.0)
@@ -27112,7 +27115,7 @@ packages:
       has: 1.0.3
       is-core-module: 2.8.0
       is-glob: 4.0.3
-      minimatch: 3.0.4
+      minimatch: 3.1.2
       object.values: 1.1.5
       resolve: 1.20.0
       tsconfig-paths: 3.14.0
@@ -27152,6 +27155,36 @@ packages:
       - eslint-import-resolver-webpack
       - supports-color
 
+  /eslint-plugin-import@2.25.4(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint@8.32.0):
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-/KJBASVFxpu0xg1kIBn9AUa8hQVnszpwgE7Ld0lKAlx7Ie87yzEzCgSkekt+le/YVhiaosO4Y14GDAOc41nfxA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=4'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/parser': '*'
+      eslint: ^2 || ^3 || ^4 || ^5 || ^6 || ^7.2.0 || ^8
+    peerDependenciesMeta:
+      '@typescript-eslint/parser':
+        optional: true
+    dependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/parser': 5.54.0(eslint@8.32.0)(typescript@4.9.5)
+      array-includes: 3.1.4
+      array.prototype.flat: 1.2.5
+      debug: 2.6.9(supports-color@6.1.0)
+      doctrine: 2.1.0
+      eslint: 8.32.0
+      eslint-import-resolver-node: 0.3.6
+      eslint-module-utils: 2.7.3(@typescript-eslint/parser@5.54.0)(eslint-import-resolver-node@0.3.6)(eslint-import-resolver-typescript@2.5.0)(eslint-import-resolver-webpack@0.13.2)
+      has: 1.0.3
+      is-core-module: 2.8.0
+      is-glob: 4.0.3
+      minimatch: 3.1.2
+      object.values: 1.1.5
+      resolve: 1.20.0
+      tsconfig-paths: 3.14.0
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - eslint-import-resolver-typescript
+      - eslint-import-resolver-webpack
+      - supports-color
+
   /eslint-plugin-jest@23.20.0(eslint@7.32.0)(typescript@4.9.5):
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-+6BGQt85OREevBDWCvhqj1yYA4+BFK4XnRZSGJionuEYmcglMZYLNNBBemwzbqUAckURaHdJSBcjHPyrtypZOw==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -34072,7 +34105,7 @@ packages:
       esprima: 4.0.1
 
   /js-yaml@3.5.3:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha1-6e5ggrBld3DkNG368qWMWZIlH3Y=}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-rkxjJUwevxyYOdr45k3IOyZjyhRbEMqUvcMyXXeBXTf8kdFaFKUIvMkdHgIcFIjNIoctM6l/emA7OjXYVabYSw==}
     hasBin: true
     dependencies:
       argparse: 1.0.10

tools/monorepo-utils/package.json

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 		"glob": "^10.2.4",
 		"graphql": "^16.6.0",
 		"gray-matter": "^4.0.3",
+		"js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
 		"octokit": "^2.0.14",
 		"ora": "^5.4.1",
 		"promptly": "^3.2.0",

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/commands/manifest/create/index.ts

@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ export const generateManifestCommand = new Command( 'create' )
 		'Root directory of the markdown files, used to generate URLs.',
 		process.cwd()
 	)
+	.option(
+		'-be --baseEditUrl <baseEditUrl>',
+		'Base url to provide edit links to. This option will be ignored if your baseUrl is not a GitHub URL.',
+		'https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/edit/trunk'
+	)
 	.action( async ( dir, projectName, options ) => {
-		const { outputFilePath, baseUrl, rootDir } = options;
+		const { outputFilePath, baseUrl, rootDir, baseEditUrl } = options;
 
 		// determine if the rootDir is absolute or relative
 		const absoluteRootDir = path.isAbsolute( rootDir )
@@ -60,7 +65,8 @@ export const generateManifestCommand = new Command( 'create' )
 			absoluteRootDir,
 			absoluteSubDir,
 			projectName,
-			baseUrl
+			baseUrl,
+			baseEditUrl
 		);
 
 		Logger.endTask();

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/get-started/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
-title: Getting Started with WooCommerce
+category_title: Getting Started with WooCommerce
+category_slug: get-started
 ---

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/get-started/installation/install-plugin.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+### Install the plugin
+
+1. Download the plugin from the [GitHub repository](https://example.com).
+2. Upload the plugin to your WordPress site.
+3. Activate the plugin.

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/get-started/local-development.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Local Development
+post_title: Local Development
 ---
 
 ## Local Development

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-title: Troubleshooting Problems
+category_title: Troubleshooting Problems
 ---

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/what-went-wrong.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: What Went Wrong?
+post_title: What Went Wrong?
 ---
 
 ## Try some troubleshooting

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/testing/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-title: Testing WooCommerce
+category_title: Testing WooCommerce
 ---

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/fixtures/example-docs/testing/unit-tests.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Unit Testing
+category_title: Unit Testing
 ---
 
 ## Unit Test

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/generate-file-url.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { generateFileUrl } from '../generate-manifest';
+import { generateFileUrl } from '../generate-urls';
 
 describe( 'generateFileUrl', () => {
 	it( 'should generate a file url relative to the root directory provided', () => {

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/generate-frontmatter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { generatePostFrontMatter } from '../generate-frontmatter';
+
+describe( 'generateFrontmatter', () => {
+	it( 'should not allow disallowed attributes', () => {
+		const frontMatter = generatePostFrontMatter( `---
+title: Hello World
+description: This is a description
+post_content: This is some content
+post_title: This is a title
+---
+` );
+
+		expect( frontMatter ).toEqual( {
+			post_title: 'This is a title',
+		} );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should not do additional date parsing', () => {
+		const frontMatter = generatePostFrontMatter( `---
+post_date: 2023-07-12 15:30:00
+---
+` );
+
+		expect( frontMatter ).toEqual( {
+			post_date: '2023-07-12 15:30:00',
+		} );
+	} );
+} );

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/__tests__/generate-manifest.ts

@@ -18,31 +18,47 @@ describe( 'generateManifest', () => {
 			rootDir,
 			dir,
 			'example-docs',
-			'https://example.com'
+			'https://example.com',
+			'https://example.com/edit'
 		);
 
 		const topLevelCategories = manifest.categories;
 
-		expect( topLevelCategories[ 0 ].title ).toEqual(
+		expect( topLevelCategories[ 0 ].category_title ).toEqual(
 			'Getting Started with WooCommerce'
 		);
-		expect( topLevelCategories[ 1 ].title ).toEqual(
+		expect( topLevelCategories[ 1 ].category_title ).toEqual(
 			'Testing WooCommerce'
 		);
 
 		const subCategories = topLevelCategories[ 0 ].categories;
 
-		expect( subCategories[ 0 ].title ).toEqual(
+		expect( subCategories[ 1 ].category_title ).toEqual(
 			'Troubleshooting Problems'
 		);
 	} );
 
+	it( 'should create categories with titles where there is no index README', async () => {
+		const manifest = await generateManifestFromDirectory(
+			rootDir,
+			dir,
+			'example-docs',
+			'https://example.com',
+			'https://example.com/edit'
+		);
+
+		expect(
+			manifest.categories[ 0 ].categories[ 0 ].category_title
+		).toEqual( 'Installation' );
+	} );
+
 	it( 'should create post urls with the correct url', async () => {
 		const manifest = await generateManifestFromDirectory(
 			rootDir,
 			dir,
 			'example-docs',
-			'https://example.com'
+			'https://example.com',
+			'https://example.com/edit'
 		);
 
 		expect( manifest.categories[ 0 ].posts[ 0 ].url ).toEqual(
@@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ describe( 'generateManifest', () => {
 		expect(
 			manifest.categories[ 0 ].categories[ 0 ].posts[ 0 ].url
 		).toEqual(
-			'https://example.com/example-docs/get-started/troubleshooting/what-went-wrong.md'
+			'https://example.com/example-docs/get-started/installation/install-plugin.md'
 		);
 	} );
 
@@ -61,9 +77,24 @@ describe( 'generateManifest', () => {
 			rootDir,
 			dir,
 			'example-docs',
-			'https://example.com'
+			'https://example.com',
+			'https://example.com/edit'
 		);
 
 		expect( manifest.hash ).not.toBeUndefined();
 	} );
+
+	it( 'should generate edit_url when github is in the base url', async () => {
+		const manifest = await generateManifestFromDirectory(
+			rootDir,
+			dir,
+			'example-docs',
+			'https://github.com',
+			'https://github.com/edit'
+		);
+
+		expect( manifest.categories[ 0 ].posts[ 0 ].edit_url ).toEqual(
+			'https://github.com/edit/example-docs/get-started/local-development.md'
+		);
+	} );
 } );

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/generate-frontmatter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import matter from 'gray-matter';
+import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+
+/**
+ * Generate front-matter for supported post attributes.
+ *
+ * @param fileContents
+ */
+export const generatePostFrontMatter = (
+	fileContents: string
+): {
+	[ key: string ]: unknown;
+} => {
+	const allowList = [
+		'post_date',
+		'post_title',
+		'page_template',
+		'post_author',
+		'post_name',
+		'category_title',
+		'category_slug',
+	];
+
+	const frontMatter = matter( fileContents, {
+		engines: {
+			// By passing yaml.JSON_SCHEMA we disable date parsing that changes date format.
+			// See https://github.com/jonschlinkert/gray-matter/issues/62#issuecomment-577628177 for more details.
+			yaml: ( s ) => yaml.load( s, { schema: yaml.JSON_SCHEMA } ),
+		},
+	} ).data;
+
+	return Object.keys( frontMatter )
+		.filter( ( key ) => allowList.includes( key ) )
+		.reduce( ( obj, key ) => {
+			obj[ key ] = frontMatter[ key ];
+			return obj;
+		}, {} );
+};

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/generate-manifest.ts

@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
  */
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import matter from 'gray-matter';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { generatePostFrontMatter } from './generate-frontmatter';
+import { generateFileUrl } from './generate-urls';
+
 interface Category {
 	[ key: string ]: unknown;
 	posts?: Post[];
@@ -23,59 +28,28 @@ function generatePageId( filePath: string, prefix = '' ) {
 	return hash.digest( 'hex' );
 }
 
-/**
- *	Generates a file url relative to the root directory provided.
- *
- * @param baseUrl          The base url to use for the file url.
- * @param rootDirectory    The root directory where the file resides.
- * @param subDirectory     The sub-directory where the file resides.
- * @param absoluteFilePath The absolute path to the file.
- * @return The file url.
- */
-export const generateFileUrl = (
-	baseUrl: string,
-	rootDirectory: string,
-	subDirectory: string,
-	absoluteFilePath: string
-) => {
-	// check paths are absolute
-	for ( const filePath of [
-		rootDirectory,
-		subDirectory,
-		absoluteFilePath,
-	] ) {
-		if ( ! path.isAbsolute( filePath ) ) {
-			throw new Error(
-				`File URLs cannot be generated without absolute paths. ${ filePath } is not absolute.`
-			);
-		}
-	}
-	// Generate a path from the subdirectory to the file path.
-	const relativeFilePath = path.resolve( subDirectory, absoluteFilePath );
-
-	// Determine the relative path from the rootDirectory to the filePath.
-	const relativePath = path.relative( rootDirectory, relativeFilePath );
-
-	return `${ baseUrl }/${ relativePath }`;
-};
-
 async function processDirectory(
 	rootDirectory: string,
 	subDirectory: string,
 	projectName: string,
 	baseUrl: string,
+	baseEditUrl: string,
 	checkReadme = true
 ): Promise< Category > {
-	let category: Category = {};
+	const category: Category = {};
 
 	// Process README.md (if exists) for the category definition.
 	const readmePath = path.join( subDirectory, 'README.md' );
 
 	if ( checkReadme && fs.existsSync( readmePath ) ) {
 		const readmeContent = fs.readFileSync( readmePath, 'utf-8' );
-		const readmeFrontmatter = matter( readmeContent ).data;
+		const frontMatter = generatePostFrontMatter( readmeContent );
-		category = { ...readmeFrontmatter };
+		Object.assign( category, frontMatter );
-		category.posts = [];
+	} else if ( checkReadme ) {
+		// derive the category title from the directory name, capitalize first letter
+		const categoryTitle = path.basename( subDirectory );
+		category.category_title =
+			categoryTitle.charAt( 0 ).toUpperCase() + categoryTitle.slice( 1 );
 	}
 
 	const markdownFiles = glob.sync( path.join( subDirectory, '*.md' ) );
@@ -84,7 +58,18 @@ async function processDirectory(
 		if ( filePath !== readmePath || ! checkReadme ) {
 			// Skip README.md which we have already processed.
 			const fileContent = fs.readFileSync( filePath, 'utf-8' );
-			const fileFrontmatter = matter( fileContent ).data;
+			const fileFrontmatter = generatePostFrontMatter( fileContent );
+			category.posts = [];
+
+			if ( baseUrl.includes( 'github' ) ) {
+				fileFrontmatter.edit_url = generateFileUrl(
+					baseEditUrl,
+					rootDirectory,
+					subDirectory,
+					filePath
+				);
+			}
+
 			const post: Post = { ...fileFrontmatter };
 
 			category.posts.push( {
@@ -111,7 +96,8 @@ async function processDirectory(
 			rootDirectory,
 			subdirectory,
 			projectName,
-			baseUrl
+			baseUrl,
+			baseEditUrl
 		);
 
 		category.categories.push( subcategory );
@@ -124,13 +110,15 @@ export async function generateManifestFromDirectory(
 	rootDirectory: string,
 	subDirectory: string,
 	projectName: string,
-	baseUrl: string
+	baseUrl: string,
+	baseEditUrl: string
 ) {
 	const manifest = await processDirectory(
 		rootDirectory,
 		subDirectory,
 		projectName,
 		baseUrl,
+		baseEditUrl,
 		false
 	);
 

tools/monorepo-utils/src/md-docs/lib/generate-urls.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import path from 'path';
+
+/**
+ * Generates a file url relative to the root directory provided.
+ *
+ * @param baseUrl          The base url to use for the file url.
+ * @param rootDirectory    The root directory where the file resides.
+ * @param subDirectory     The sub-directory where the file resides.
+ * @param absoluteFilePath The absolute path to the file.
+ * @return The file url.
+ */
+export const generateFileUrl = (
+	baseUrl: string,
+	rootDirectory: string,
+	subDirectory: string,
+	absoluteFilePath: string
+) => {
+	// check paths are absolute
+	for ( const filePath of [
+		rootDirectory,
+		subDirectory,
+		absoluteFilePath,
+	] ) {
+		if ( ! path.isAbsolute( filePath ) ) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`File URLs cannot be generated without absolute paths. ${ filePath } is not absolute.`
+			);
+		}
+	}
+	// Generate a path from the subdirectory to the file path.
+	const relativeFilePath = path.resolve( subDirectory, absoluteFilePath );
+
+	// Determine the relative path from the rootDirectory to the filePath.
+	const relativePath = path.relative( rootDirectory, relativeFilePath );
+
+	return `${ baseUrl }/${ relativePath }`;
+};