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Copilot AI commented Sep 18, 2025

This PR establishes a complete mdbook documentation structure for the Rust Philosopher project, transforming it from a simple README into a comprehensive documentation site with automated GitHub Pages deployment.

What's Added

📚 Documentation Structure

  • Welcome page introducing Rust Philosopher as a collection of Rust best practices for human and GenAI consumption
  • Reference Material section for in-depth technical content
  • Alice Ryhl's "Actors with Tokio" article - complete content inlined from ryhl.io with proper attribution

⚖️ Dual Licensing

Added both MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses as requested:

  • LICENSE-MIT - MIT License
  • LICENSE-APACHE - Apache 2.0 License

🚀 GitHub Pages Automation

Created .github/workflows/deploy.yml that:

  • Builds the mdbook on every push to main branch
  • Automatically deploys to GitHub Pages
  • Uses mdBook v0.4.40 for consistency
  • Handles proper GitHub Pages permissions and deployment

⚙️ Configuration

  • book.toml configured with repository metadata, GitHub integration, and edit links
  • .gitignore to exclude build artifacts
  • Clean, professional theme with navigation sidebar

Technical Implementation

The mdbook structure follows best practices:

src/
├── SUMMARY.md              # Table of contents
├── welcome.md              # Introduction page
└── reference/
    ├── README.md           # Reference section overview
    └── actors-with-tokio.md # Complete Alice Ryhl article

The Alice Ryhl article (385 lines) includes the complete content on building actors with Tokio, featuring:

  • Comprehensive examples with syntax-highlighted Rust code
  • Discussion of actor patterns, handles, and message passing
  • Best practices for error handling and graceful shutdown
  • Proper attribution to the original author

Screenshots

Welcome Page

The welcome page provides a clear introduction to the project's purpose and organization.

Actors Article

The Alice Ryhl article is beautifully rendered with proper code highlighting and navigation.

Ready for Production

The implementation is complete and tested:

  • ✅ Local mdbook build successful
  • ✅ All content properly formatted and attributed
  • ✅ GitHub Actions workflow configured
  • ✅ Dual licensing in place
  • ✅ Professional documentation structure

Once merged, GitHub Pages will automatically deploy the documentation, providing a solid foundation for expanding the Rust best practices collection.


💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.

Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Can you create a basic mdbook structure with a MIT/APACHE-2.0 license? I'd like to have a github action that renders to github pages. The content should start with a simple outline - Welcome - Reference material - Alice Ryhl's "Actors with Tokio" ... Create mdbook documentation structure with GitHub Pages deployment Sep 18, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from nikomatsakis September 18, 2025 08:59
@nikomatsakis nikomatsakis marked this pull request as ready for review September 18, 2025 14:48
@nikomatsakis nikomatsakis merged commit cc016ea into main Sep 18, 2025
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