Is there a way to use post-render when rendering to gfm format?

[danielvartan]

Description

Hi there, 👋

I would like to run an R script after rendering a Quarto document with a GitHub README file (format: gfm). Is that possible?

---
title: "Test"
format: gfm
post-render: "R/_post-render.R"

editor: source
---

## Test

Phasellus laoreet lorem vel dolor tempus vehicula. Idque Caesaris facere
voluntate liceret: sese habere. Ab illo tempore, ab est sed immemorabili.
Mercedem aut nummos unde unde extricat, amaras. Praeterea iter est quasdam res
quas ex communi.

[mcanouil]

Post-render is a project option unrelated to format. All projects options go to _quarto.yml as documented.

Where did you see that you could set this in a document?

https://quarto.org/docs/projects/scripts.html#pre-and-post-render

[danielvartan]

Where did you see that you could set this in a document?

I didn't. That's why I asked.

It's just an README file generator. What could be the easiest way to just render a GitHub README.md and include a post-render script in the process (without making a mess)?

[mcanouil]

Exactly as I said previously. This works as a project level option.

[danielvartan]

Yes, but it's not a simple solution.

I found a way, as you mentioned, by creating a project file (_quarto.yml) like the one below.

editor: source

project:
  output-dir: "."
  render: [README.qmd]
  post-render: "R/_post-render.R"

title: "Test"

format: gfm

Thank you for your assistance.

[mcanouil]

Yes, but it's not a simple solution

I don't know how it's not simple to set a project configuration file.
It's how it works and how it is documented.