diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/book.toml b/src/doc/rustdoc/book.toml
index 97e08416d7686..45405a11765cc 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/book.toml
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/book.toml
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ title = "The rustdoc book"
[output.html]
git-repository-url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/doc/rustdoc"
+
+[output.html.redirect]
+"/the-doc-attribute.html" = "write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.html"
+"/documentation-tests.html" = "write-documentation/documentation-tests.html"
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/SUMMARY.md
index eb18185945387..d627f5b0389f3 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
# The Rustdoc Book
- [What is rustdoc?](what-is-rustdoc.md)
+- [Command-line arguments](command-line-arguments.md)
- [How to read rustdoc output](how-to-read-rustdoc.md)
- [How to write documentation](how-to-write-documentation.md)
-- [What to include (and exclude)](what-to-include.md)
-- [Command-line arguments](command-line-arguments.md)
-- [The `#[doc]` attribute](the-doc-attribute.md)
-- [Documentation tests](documentation-tests.md)
-- [Linking to items by name](linking-to-items-by-name.md)
-- [Lints](lints.md)
+ - [What to include (and exclude)](write-documentation/what-to-include.md)
+ - [The `#[doc]` attribute](write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.md)
+ - [Linking to items by name](write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.md)
+ - [Documentation tests](write-documentation/documentation-tests.md)
+- [Rustdoc-specific lints](lints.md)
- [Advanced features](advanced-features.md)
- [Unstable features](unstable-features.md)
-- [Website features](website-features.md)
-- [Passes](passes.md)
+- [Deprecated features](deprecated-features.md)
- [References](references.md)
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/advanced-features.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/advanced-features.md
index 6147bd0a97a96..dbf0baec04c03 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/advanced-features.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/advanced-features.md
@@ -88,3 +88,25 @@ You can add multiple aliases at the same time by using a list:
#[doc(alias("x", "big"))]
pub struct BigX;
```
+
+## Custom search engines
+
+If you find yourself often referencing online Rust docs you might enjoy using a custom search
+engine. This allows you to use the navigation bar directly to search a `rustdoc` website.
+Most browsers support this feature by letting you define a URL template containing `%s`
+which will be substituted for the search term. As an example, for the standard library you could use
+this template:
+
+```text
+https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/?search=%s
+```
+
+Note that this will take you to a results page listing all matches. If you want to navigate to the first
+result right away (which is often the best match) use the following instead:
+
+```text
+https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/?search=%s&go_to_first=true
+```
+
+This URL adds the `go_to_first=true` query parameter which can be appended to any `rustdoc` search URL
+to automatically go to the first result.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md
index 3ce57f88938f7..2a2e51b2f6331 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ $ rustdoc src/lib.rs --test
```
This flag will run your code examples as tests. For more, see [the chapter
-on documentation tests](documentation-tests.md).
+on documentation tests](write-documentation/documentation-tests.md).
See also `--test-args`.
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ $ rustdoc src/lib.rs --test --test-args ignored
```
This flag will pass options to the test runner when running documentation tests.
-For more, see [the chapter on documentation tests](documentation-tests.md).
+For more, see [the chapter on documentation tests](write-documentation/documentation-tests.md).
See also `--test`.
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ $ rustdoc src/lib.rs --sysroot /path/to/sysroot
Similar to `rustc --sysroot`, this lets you change the sysroot `rustdoc` uses
when compiling your code.
-### `--edition`: control the edition of docs and doctests
+## `--edition`: control the edition of docs and doctests
Using this flag looks like this:
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ encoded as UTF-8.
## `--passes`: add more rustdoc passes
This flag is **deprecated**.
-For more details on passes, see [the chapter on them](passes.md).
+For more details on passes, see [the chapter on them](deprecated-features.md#passes).
## `--no-defaults`: don't run default passes
This flag is **deprecated**.
-For more details on passes, see [the chapter on them](passes.md).
+For more details on passes, see [the chapter on them](deprecated-features.md#passes).
## `-r`/`--input-format`: input format
@@ -417,23 +417,3 @@ This flag is **deprecated** and **has no effect**.
Rustdoc only supports Rust source code and Markdown input formats. If the
file ends in `.md` or `.markdown`, `rustdoc` treats it as a Markdown file.
Otherwise, it assumes that the input file is Rust.
-
-# Unstable command line arguments
-
-## `--nocapture`
-
-When this flag is used with `--test`, the output (stdout and stderr) of your tests won't be
-captured by rustdoc. Instead, the output will be directed to your terminal,
-as if you had run the test executable manually. This is especially useful
-for debugging your tests!
-
-## `--check`
-
-When this flag is supplied, rustdoc will type check and lint your code, but will not generate any
-documentation or run your doctests.
-
-Using this flag looks like:
-
-```bash
-rustdoc -Z unstable-options --check src/lib.rs
-```
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/passes.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/deprecated-features.md
similarity index 94%
rename from src/doc/rustdoc/src/passes.md
rename to src/doc/rustdoc/src/deprecated-features.md
index c3c3fd3068ec4..2bc6e8fc8ae4d 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/passes.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/deprecated-features.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Passes
+# Deprecated features
+
+## Passes
Rustdoc has a concept called "passes". These are transformations that
`rustdoc` runs on your documentation before producing its final output.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/how-to-read-rustdoc.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/how-to-read-rustdoc.md
index 99724d859ee75..098bc1879b56f 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/how-to-read-rustdoc.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/how-to-read-rustdoc.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ At the top is some at-a-glance info and controls:
- a button to collapse or expand the top-level documentation for that item
(`[+]` or `[-]`),
- a link to the source code (`[src]`),
- if [configured](the-doc-attribute.html#html_no_source),
+ if [configured](write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.html#html_no_source),
and present (the source may not be available if
the documentation was created with `cargo doc --no-deps`),
- and the version in which the item became stable,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ For example, when looking at documentation for the crate root,
it shows all the crates documented in the documentation bundle,
and quick links to the modules, structs, traits, functions, and macros available
from the current crate.
-At the top, it displays a [configurable logo](the-doc-attribute.html#html_logo_url)
+At the top, it displays a [configurable logo](write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.html#html_logo_url)
alongside the current crate's name and version,
or the current item whose documentation is being displayed.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/lints.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/lints.md
index 1773c15464a94..bff01d7cb7c14 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/lints.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/lints.md
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ Note that, except for `missing_docs`, these lints are only available when runnin
Here is the list of the lints provided by `rustdoc`:
-## broken_intra_doc_links
+## `broken_intra_doc_links`
This lint **warns by default**. This lint detects when an [intra-doc link] fails to be resolved. For example:
-[intra-doc link]: linking-to-items-by-name.md
+[intra-doc link]: write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.md
```rust
/// I want to link to [`Nonexistent`] but it doesn't exist!
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ help: to link to the function, add parentheses
```
-## private_intra_doc_links
+## `private_intra_doc_links`
This lint **warns by default**. This lint detects when [intra-doc links] from public to private items.
For example:
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ warning: public documentation for `public` links to private item `private`
= note: this link resolves only because you passed `--document-private-items`, but will break without
```
-[intra-doc links]: linking-to-items-by-name.html
+[intra-doc links]: write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.md
-## missing_docs
+## `missing_docs`
This lint is **allowed by default**. It detects items missing documentation.
For example:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ warning: missing documentation for a function
Note that unlike other rustdoc lints, this lint is also available from `rustc` directly.
-## missing_crate_level_docs
+## `missing_crate_level_docs`
This lint is **allowed by default**. It detects if there is no documentation
at the crate root. For example:
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ warning in the future. This is intended as a means to introduce new users on
get started, without providing overwhelming warnings like `missing_docs`
might.
-## missing_doc_code_examples
+## `missing_doc_code_examples`
This lint is **allowed by default** and is **nightly-only**. It detects when a documentation block
is missing a code example. For example:
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ To fix the lint, you need to add a code example into the documentation block:
pub fn no_code_example() {}
```
-## private_doc_tests
+## `private_doc_tests`
This lint is **allowed by default**. It detects documentation tests when they
are on a private item. For example:
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ warning: Documentation test in private item
| |___________^
```
-## invalid_codeblock_attributes
+## `invalid_codeblock_attributes`
This lint **warns by default**. It detects code block attributes in
documentation examples that have potentially mis-typed values. For example:
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ warning: unknown attribute `should-panic`. Did you mean `should_panic`?
In the example above, the correct form is `should_panic`. This helps detect
typo mistakes for some common attributes.
-## invalid_html_tags
+## `invalid_html_tags`
This lint is **allowed by default** and is **nightly-only**. It detects unclosed
or invalid HTML tags. For example:
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ warning: unclosed HTML tag `h1`
warning: 2 warnings emitted
```
-## invalid_rust_codeblocks
+## `invalid_rust_codeblocks`
This lint **warns by default**. It detects Rust code blocks in documentation
examples that are invalid (e.g. empty, not parsable as Rust). For example:
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ warning: could not parse code block as Rust code
= note: error from rustc: unterminated character literal
```
-## bare_urls
+## `bare_urls`
This lint is **warn-by-default**. It detects URLs which are not links.
For example:
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md
index 141d5d2d2b2d0..537ab48bbfc12 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ As detailed in [the chapter on documentation tests][doctest-attributes], you can
nightly, you can optionally add an error number to state that a doctest should emit a specific error
number:
-[doctest-attributes]: documentation-tests.html#attributes
+[doctest-attributes]: write-documentation/documentation-tests.html#attributes
``````markdown
```compile_fail,E0044
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ and enabled with a `#![feature(...)]` attribute in your crate.
### `#[doc(cfg)]`: Recording what platforms or features are required for code to be present
+ * Tracking issue: [#43781](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/43781)
+
You can use `#[doc(cfg(...))]` to tell Rustdoc exactly which platform items appear on.
This has two effects:
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ Book][unstable-doc-cfg] and [its tracking issue][issue-doc-cfg].
### `doc_auto_cfg`: Automatically generate `#[doc(cfg)]`
+ * Tracking issue: [#43781](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/43781)
+
`doc_auto_cfg` is an extension to the `#[doc(cfg)]` feature. With it, you don't need to add
`#[doc(cfg(...)]` anymore unless you want to override the default behaviour. So if we take the
previous source code:
@@ -123,6 +127,8 @@ And `doc` won't show up anymore!
### Adding your trait to the "Notable traits" dialog
+ * Tracking issue: [#45040](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/45040)
+
Rustdoc keeps a list of a few traits that are believed to be "fundamental" to
types that implement them. These traits are intended to be the primary interface
for their implementers, and are often most of the API available to be documented
@@ -146,6 +152,8 @@ and [its tracking issue][issue-notable_trait].
### Exclude certain dependencies from documentation
+ * Tracking issue: [#44027](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44027)
+
The standard library uses several dependencies which, in turn, use several types and traits from the
standard library. In addition, there are several compiler-internal crates that are not considered to
be part of the official standard library, and thus would be a distraction to include in
@@ -164,8 +172,7 @@ Book][unstable-masked] and [its tracking issue][issue-masked].
[unstable-masked]: ../unstable-book/language-features/doc-masked.html
[issue-masked]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44027
-
-## Document primitives
+### Document primitives
This is for Rust compiler internal use only.
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ attributes. The `#[doc(primitive)]` attribute is used by the standard library to
to generate documentation for primitive types, and requires `#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]` to
enable.
-## Document keywords
+### Document keywords
This is for Rust compiler internal use only.
@@ -199,6 +206,8 @@ the flag in question to Rustdoc on the command-line. To do this from Cargo, you
### `--markdown-before-content`: include rendered Markdown before the content
+ * Tracking issue: [#44027](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44027)
+
Using this flag looks like this:
```bash
@@ -241,7 +250,7 @@ attribute][doc-playground]. Please be aware that the official Rust Playground at
https://play.rust-lang.org does not have every crate available, so if your examples require your
crate, make sure the playground you provide has your crate available.
-[doc-playground]: the-doc-attribute.html#html_playground_url
+[doc-playground]: write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.html#html_playground_url
If both `--playground-url` and `--markdown-playground-url` are present when rendering a standalone
Markdown file, the URL given to `--markdown-playground-url` will take precedence. If both
@@ -279,6 +288,8 @@ between compilations.
### `--resource-suffix`: modifying the name of CSS/JavaScript in crate docs
+ * Tracking issue: [#54765](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54765)
+
Using this flag looks like this:
```bash
@@ -331,6 +342,24 @@ Using `index-page` option enables `enable-index-page` option as well.
This feature allows the generation of a default index-page which lists the generated crates.
+### `--nocapture`: disable output capture for test
+
+When this flag is used with `--test`, the output (stdout and stderr) of your tests won't be
+captured by rustdoc. Instead, the output will be directed to your terminal,
+as if you had run the test executable manually. This is especially useful
+for debugging your tests!
+
+### `--check`: only checks the documentation
+
+When this flag is supplied, rustdoc will type check and lint your code, but will not generate any
+documentation or run your doctests.
+
+Using this flag looks like:
+
+```bash
+rustdoc -Z unstable-options --check src/lib.rs
+```
+
### `--static-root-path`: control how static files are loaded in HTML output
Using this flag looks like this:
@@ -348,6 +377,8 @@ renamed with `--resource-suffix` will load from the given path.
### `--persist-doctests`: persist doctest executables after running
+ * Tracking issue: [#56925](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/56925)
+
Using this flag looks like this:
```bash
@@ -360,6 +391,8 @@ with this option, you can keep those binaries around for farther testing.
### `--show-coverage`: calculate the percentage of items with documentation
+ * Tracking issue: [#58154](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/58154)
+
Using this flag looks like this:
```bash
@@ -438,6 +471,8 @@ information.
### `--enable-per-target-ignores`: allow `ignore-foo` style filters for doctests
+ * Tracking issue: [#64245](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/64245)
+
Using this flag looks like this:
```bash
@@ -471,6 +506,8 @@ override `ignore`.
### `--runtool`, `--runtool-arg`: program to run tests with; args to pass to it
+ * Tracking issue: [#64245](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/64245)
+
Using these options looks like this:
```bash
@@ -488,6 +525,8 @@ Another use case would be to run a test inside an emulator, or through a Virtual
### `--with-examples`: include examples of uses of items as documentation
+ * Tracking issue: [#88791](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/88791)
+
This option, combined with `--scrape-examples-target-crate` and
`--scrape-examples-output-path`, is used to implement the functionality in [RFC
#3123](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3123). Uses of an item (currently
@@ -515,6 +554,8 @@ add the `--scrape-tests` flag.
### `--check-cfg`: check configuration flags
+ * Tracking issue: [#82450](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/82450)
+
This flag accepts the same values as `rustc --check-cfg`, and uses it to check configuration flags.
Using this flag looks like this:
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/website-features.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/website-features.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fade4e84a992..0000000000000
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/website-features.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Website features
-
-These features are about using the website generated by `rustdoc`.
-
-## Custom search engines
-
-If you find yourself often referencing online Rust docs you might enjoy using a custom search
-engine. This allows you to use the navigation bar directly to search a `rustdoc` website.
-Most browsers support this feature by letting you define a URL template containing `%s`
-which will be substituted for the search term. As an example, for the standard library you could use
-this template:
-
-```text
-https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/?search=%s
-```
-
-Note that this will take you to a results page listing all matches. If you want to navigate to the first
-result right away (which is often the best match) use the following instead:
-
-```text
-https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/?search=%s&go_to_first=true
-```
-
-This URL adds the `go_to_first=true` query parameter which can be appended to any `rustdoc` search URL
-to automatically go to the first result.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/documentation-tests.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/documentation-tests.md
similarity index 99%
rename from src/doc/rustdoc/src/documentation-tests.md
rename to src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/documentation-tests.md
index 534fd19b52eb2..1cb5b049df404 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/documentation-tests.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/documentation-tests.md
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ By default, this will still hide `unused` warnings, since so many examples use p
you can add `#![warn(unused)]` to the top of your example if you want to see unused variables or dead code warnings.
You can also use [`#![doc(test(attr(warn(unused))))]`][test-attr] in the crate root to enable warnings globally.
-[test-attr]: ./the-doc-attribute.md#testattr
+[test-attr]: the-doc-attribute.md#testattr
## Documenting macros
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/linking-to-items-by-name.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.md
similarity index 98%
rename from src/doc/rustdoc/src/linking-to-items-by-name.md
rename to src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.md
index 6ca1d1153b494..36bc312b9c99a 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/linking-to-items-by-name.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ link to `Option`.
You can refer to anything in scope, and use paths, including `Self`, `self`, `super`, and
`crate`. Associated items (functions, types, and constants) are supported, but [not for blanket
trait implementations][#79682]. Rustdoc also supports linking to all primitives listed in
-[the standard library documentation](../std/index.html#primitives).
+[the standard library documentation](../../std/index.html#primitives).
[#79682]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/79682
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.md
similarity index 98%
rename from src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md
rename to src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.md
index c5cc84022e389..25ef8b5bb9141 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/the-doc-attribute.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ but given that docs are rendered via Markdown, it will remove these newlines.
Another use case is for including external files as documentation:
```rust,no_run
-#[doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
+#[doc = include_str!("../../README.md")]
# fn f() {}
```
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ left hand side of the docs.
#![doc(html_logo_url = "https://example.com/logo.jpg")]
```
-This will put `` into
+This will put `` into
your docs, where the string for the attribute goes into the `{}`.
If you don't use this attribute, there will be no logo.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/what-to-include.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/what-to-include.md
similarity index 99%
rename from src/doc/rustdoc/src/what-to-include.md
rename to src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/what-to-include.md
index 2a6b62ebfd552..35e6ccbc38807 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/what-to-include.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/write-documentation/what-to-include.md
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ Here is an example of a new theme, [Ayu].
[API Guidelines]: https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/documentation.html#rustdoc-does-not-show-unhelpful-implementation-details-c-hidden
[Documentation tests]: documentation-tests.md
[on this blog]: https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2016-09-16+Generating+doc+with+rustdoc+and+a+custom+theme
-[rustdoc-lints]: lints.md
+[rustdoc-lints]: ../lints.md
diff --git a/src/tools/linkchecker/main.rs b/src/tools/linkchecker/main.rs
index 46daaf42883f0..c9b1649200d9c 100644
--- a/src/tools/linkchecker/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/linkchecker/main.rs
@@ -489,16 +489,22 @@ fn is_exception(file: &Path, link: &str) -> bool {
/// If the given HTML file contents is an HTML redirect, this returns the
/// destination path given in the redirect.
fn maybe_redirect(source: &str) -> Option {
- const REDIRECT: &str = "Redirecting to Redirecting to Redirecting to... (source: &str, attr: &str, mut f: F) {