From 690bfd64d0f90c5e82822c7c8f21e4f93759ad4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rootiest <chris@rootiest.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:29:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(docs): add _as_file_tree detector for box-drawing trees

---
 docs/build-manual.py  | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 docs/verify-manual.py | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/build-manual.py b/docs/build-manual.py
index 12a8dfa..d43571c 100644
--- a/docs/build-manual.py
+++ b/docs/build-manual.py
@@ -314,6 +314,26 @@ def _as_ruled_table(para: list[str]) -> str | None:
     return "\n".join(out)
 
 
+TREE_ROOT_RE = re.compile(r"^[~$][\w./{}-]*/$")
+TREE_BRANCH_RE = re.compile(r"^[│ ]*[├└]──\s*(\S+)\s*(.*)$")
+
+
+def _as_file_tree(para: list[str]) -> str | None:
+    """Render a hand-drawn box-drawing tree as a Starlight <FileTree>, else None."""
+    if len(para) < 2 or not TREE_ROOT_RE.match(para[0].strip()):
+        return None
+    branches = []
+    for line in para[1:]:
+        m = TREE_BRANCH_RE.match(line)
+        if not m:
+            return None
+        branches.append(m.groups())
+    out = ["<FileTree>", f"- {para[0].strip()}"]
+    out += [f"  - {name} {desc}".rstrip() for name, desc in branches]
+    out.append("</FileTree>")
+    return "\n".join(out)
+
+
 def _render_para(para: list[str], entry_name: str | None, deeper: bool) -> str:
     """Render one paragraph of a former indented block.
 
@@ -335,7 +355,7 @@ def _render_para(para: list[str], entry_name: str | None, deeper: bool) -> str:
                 title, body = m.group(1), para[1:]
             info = f'fish title="{title}"' if title else "fish"
             return f"```{info}\n" + "\n".join(body) + "\n```"
-    table = _as_ruled_table(para) or _as_table(para)
+    table = _as_ruled_table(para) or _as_table(para) or _as_file_tree(para)
     if table is not None:
         return table
     return "\n".join(INDENT + line for line in para)
diff --git a/docs/verify-manual.py b/docs/verify-manual.py
index 4f3035d..b210da8 100644
--- a/docs/verify-manual.py
+++ b/docs/verify-manual.py
@@ -633,6 +633,38 @@ def test_prettify_converts_a_flat_note_paragraph_to_an_aside():
     ), f"note paragraph was not converted:\n{out}"
 
 
+def test_as_file_tree_converts_a_box_drawing_tree():
+    """A root path plus ├──/└── branches becomes a Starlight <FileTree>."""
+    import build_manual
+
+    para = [
+        "$__fish_user_dots_path/",
+        "├── secrets.fish   API keys, tokens, passwords, personal identifiers",
+        "└── local.fish     Machine-specific paths, env vars, and sourcing secrets",
+    ]
+    out = build_manual._as_file_tree(para)
+    assert out == (
+        "<FileTree>\n"
+        "- $__fish_user_dots_path/\n"
+        "  - secrets.fish API keys, tokens, passwords, personal identifiers\n"
+        "  - local.fish Machine-specific paths, env vars, and sourcing secrets\n"
+        "</FileTree>"
+    ), f"unexpected file tree output:\n{out}"
+
+
+def test_as_file_tree_rejects_non_trees():
+    """Returning None is always safe for anything that isn't a root+branches shape."""
+    import build_manual
+
+    cases = {
+        "no root slash": ["$__fish_user_dots_path", "├── secrets.fish"],
+        "single line": ["$__fish_user_dots_path/"],
+        "non-branch second line": ["$__fish_user_dots_path/", "secrets.fish"],
+    }
+    for label, para in cases.items():
+        assert build_manual._as_file_tree(para) is None, f"{label} was wrongly treed"
+
+
 def test_prettify_is_site_only():
     """The SSOT keeps the indented form the man-page pipeline depends on."""
     import build_manual