ARC GNU Toolchain Documentation

The documentation is powered by MkDocs Markdown-based generator.

main branch contains the latest documentation updates. After the release a separate branch must be created for it. Thus, main always contains the latest updates and a release branch (for example, 2025.09) contains only a cutoff for a particular release.

Prepare Build Environment

Create a Python virtual environment, install dependencies and activate the environment:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

MkDocs Commands

Command	Description
mkdocs build	Build the documentation. Generated pages are stored in site subdirectory.
mkdocs serve	Start HTTP-server for the documentation and serve it on http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Deploying the Documentation

Mike utility is used for deploying the documentation. It allows to deploy different version of the documentation at the same time.

Use mike deploy command to build and commit the documentation from the current branch to gh-pages branch:

mike deploy 2025.09

If you are ready to push it to the remote repository, then also use --push command:

mike deploy --push 2025.09

Publish and update the latest alias:

mike deploy --push --update-aliases 2025.09 latest

List all deployed documentation versions:

$ mike list
2025.09
2025.06
2024.12 [latest]
2024.06
2023.09

Set the default version:

mike set-default 2025.09

Useful Resources

• MkDocs page
• Mike page
• MkDocs Material theme page
• Markdown syntax guide
• A list of languages for Pygments syntax highlighter