Concatenate files to markdown with language-aware processing.

cargo install --git https://github.com/Pingid/join

join [OPTIONS] <FILE> [FILE...]

# Pipe a list of paths (one per line)
printf "src/main.rs\nREADME.md\n" | join

# Options
  -e, --exclude <GLOB>       Exclude paths matching the glob (repeatable)
  -E, --no-default-excludes  Disable built-in default excludes
  --rust-strip-tests         Strip test modules and functions from Rust files
  -V, --version              Print version

# Basic usage
join ./src/*.rs > lib.md

# Exclude paths matching a glob (repeatable)
join --exclude 'target/*' .
join -e '*.log' -e 'node_modules/*' .

# Strip test code from Rust files
join --rust-strip-tests ./src/*.rs > production_code.md

# Disable built-in defaults
join --no-default-excludes .
join -E .

• Language-aware processing: Detects file types and applies appropriate formatting
• Test stripping: Remove test code from Rust source files with --rust-strip-tests
• Smart file ordering: Processes files in logical order (e.g., main.rs before other Rust files)
• Flexible exclusion: Glob patterns for excluding files and directories

• Accepts file and folder paths. Folders are traversed recursively.
• Files are processed before subdirectories within each directory.
• Piped input: When stdin is not a TTY, reads newline-separated paths alongside CLI arguments.
• Glob patterns: Support *, ?, [...], ** matching against full paths.

Disable with --no-default-excludes or -E.

Directories: target/, node_modules/, dist/, build/, out/, coverage/, vendor/, __pycache__/

Files: Dotfiles (.git/, .env, etc.), lockfiles (Cargo.lock, package-lock.json, etc.), compiled artifacts (*.pyc, *.pyo, *.pyd), logs (*.log), OS files (Thumbs.db, Desktop.ini)

Add custom exclusions with --exclude or -e.