add the make file

Author: zoj613

Makefile

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+.PHONY: markdown notebook 
+
+.DEFAULT: help
+
+# extensions
+nb_ext := .ipynb
+md_ext := .md
+
+# custom function for converting markdown/notebook files from one format to another
+define to_markdown
+	notedown $(1) --to markdown --strip > $(patsubst %.ipynb, %.md, $(1))
+endef
+
+define to_notebook
+	notedown $(1) --to notebook --strip > $(patsubst *.md, *.ipynb, $(1))
+endef
+
+
+help:
+	@echo "make markdown"
+	@echo "       Convert .ipynb file/directory to markdown format."
+	@echo "		  e.g. make markdown path=<path to file/dir>"
+	@echo "       run tests using pytest in verbose mode."
+	@echo "make notebook"
+	@echo "       Convert .md file/directory to notebook format."
+	@echo "		  e.g. make notebook path=<path to file/dir>"
+
+# commands for converting a ipynb to markdown
+markdown: $(path)
+# if there is not suffix in path treat it as a directory
+ifeq ($(suffix $(path)),)
+	$(foreach f, $(wildcard $(path)**.ipynb), $(call to_markdown, $(f));)
+# else treat it as a file and convert only if extension is .ipynb
+else ifeq ($(suffix $(path)), $(nb_ext))
+	$(call to_markdown, $(path))
+endif
+
+notebook: $(path)
+# if there is not suffix in path treat it as a directory
+ifeq ($(suffix $(path)),)
+	$(foreach f, $(wildcard $(path)**.ipynb), $(call to_notebook, $(f));)
+# else treat it as a file and convert only if extension is .md
+else ifeq ($(suffix $(path)), $(md_ext))
+		$(call to_notebook, $(path))
+endif

README.md

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 # note2mark
-A simple makefile used to convert files/directories of iPython notebooks to markdown format and viseversa
+
+A simple makefile used to convert files/directories of iPython
+notebooks to markdown format and vise versa