From 2596b0c612370a64f21be33fcc7ef7c6db0b364c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Delyan Angelov <delian66@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 23:56:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] vdoc: enable printing README.md on stdout too

---
 cmd/tools/vdoc.v | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc.v b/cmd/tools/vdoc.v
index 566516da62..0dd70b9ee2 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc.v
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ fn (mut config DocConfig) generate_docs_from_file() {
 			output_type = .plaintext
 		}
 	}
-	if config.include_readme && output_type != .html {
-		eprintln('vdoc: Including README.md for doc generation is supported on HTML output only.')
+	if config.include_readme && output_type !in [.html, .stdout] {
+		eprintln('vdoc: Including README.md for doc generation is supported on HTML output, or when running directly in the terminal.')
 		exit(1)
 	}
 	mut manifest_path := os.join_path(if os.is_dir(config.src_path) { config.src_path } else { os.base_dir(config.src_path) }, 'v.mod')
@@ -362,14 +362,18 @@ fn (mut config DocConfig) generate_docs_from_file() {
 	}
 	// check README.md
 	if os.exists(readme_path) && config.include_readme {
-		println('Found README.md...')
 		readme_contents := os.read_file(readme_path) or { '' }
-		config.docs << doc.Doc{
-			head: doc.DocNode{
-				name: 'README',
-				comment: readme_contents
+        if output_type == .stdout {
+			println(readme_contents)
+        }
+        if output_type == .html {
+			config.docs << doc.Doc{
+				head: doc.DocNode{
+					name: 'README',
+					comment: readme_contents
+				}
 			}
-		}
+        }
 	}
 	if config.is_multi {
 		dirs := get_modules_list(config.src_path)