Remove docs dir dependency from man page build (#81003)

2 files changed, 128 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/generate_man.py b/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/generate_man.py
index 2d8d1b0ec4..4228c48b4d 100644
--- a/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/generate_man.py
+++ b/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/generate_man.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from ..change_detection import update_file_if_different  # pylint: disable=relat
 from ..commands import Command  # pylint: disable=relative-beyond-top-level
 
 
-DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_FILE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[4] / 'docs/templates/man.j2'
+DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_FILE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[4] / 'hacking/templates/man.j2'
 
 
 # from https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/
diff --git a/hacking/templates/man.j2 b/hacking/templates/man.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a8cb1d793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hacking/templates/man.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+{{ cli_name }}
+{{ '=' * ( cli_name|length|int ) }}
+
+{{ '-' * ( short_desc|default('')|string|length|int ) }}
+{{short_desc|default('')}}
+{{ '-' * ( short_desc|default('')|string|length|int ) }}
+
+:Version:        Ansible %VERSION%
+:Manual section: 1
+:Manual group:   System administration commands
+
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+{{ usage|replace('%prog', cli_name) }}
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+{{ long_desc|default('', True)|wordwrap }}
+
+{% if options %}
+COMMON OPTIONS
+--------------
+{% for option in options|sort(attribute='options') %}
+{% for switch in option['options'] %}**{{switch}}**{% if option['arg'] %} '{{option['arg']}}'{% endif %}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}
+
+  {{ option['desc'] }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if arguments %}
+ARGUMENTS
+---------
+
+{% for arg in arguments %}
+{{ arg }}
+
+{{ (arguments[arg]|default(' '))|wordwrap }}
+
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if actions %}
+ACTIONS
+-------
+{% for action in actions %}
+**{{ action }}**
+  {{ (actions[action]['desc']|default(' ')) |replace('\n', ' ')}}
+
+{% if actions[action]['options'] %}
+{% for option in actions[action]['options']|sort(attribute='options') %}
+{% for switch in option['options'] if switch in actions[action]['option_names'] %}  **{{switch}}**{% if option['arg'] %} '{{option['arg']}}'{% endif %}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}
+
+        {{ (option['desc']) }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+
+{% if inventory %}
+INVENTORY
+---------
+
+Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory.
+This can be an YAML file, ini-like file, a script, directory, list, etc.
+For additional options, see the documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/.
+
+{% endif %}
+ENVIRONMENT
+-----------
+
+The following environment variables may be specified.
+
+{% if inventory %}
+ANSIBLE_INVENTORY  -- Override the default ansible inventory sources
+
+{% endif %}
+{% if library %}
+ANSIBLE_LIBRARY -- Override the default ansible module library path
+
+{% endif %}
+ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file
+
+Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg
+
+For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the `ansible-config` command.
+
+FILES
+-----
+
+{% if inventory %}
+/etc/ansible/hosts -- Default inventory file
+
+{% endif %}
+/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present
+
+~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present
+
+./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific' and overrides the rest if present.
+
+As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+
+Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.
+
+
+COPYRIGHT
+---------
+
+Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible.
+Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 license.
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+
+{% for other in cli_bin_name_list|sort %}{% if other != cli_name %}**{{ other }}** (1){% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+
+Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site:
+<https://docs.ansible.com>.
+IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md,
+available in: <https://github.com/ansible/ansible>