fix(docs): preserve markdown code blocks and headings

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Indented help text was converted to fences by stripping four spaces from every matching line, which could corrupt nested lists and existing fenced examples. Parse Markdown code-block boundaries and replace only actual indented code blocks, preserving their contents and surrounding structure. Choose a fence longer than embedded backtick runs and recognize longer fences during HTML escaping.

Filter hidden commands before emitting the Subcommands heading and remove the duplicate synopsis from the multipage index. Both spellings of the existing fence-conversion option remain supported.

Validation: 779 library tests, focused Markdown regressions covering nested lists, JSON, TOML, blank lines, embedded backticks, and idempotence; Clippy with all features/targets and warnings denied.

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Changes affect all Markdown emitted by the usage library (including large downstream doc snapshots), though runtime CLI behavior is unchanged.

Overview
Markdown doc generation no longer turns indented help text into fences by stripping four spaces line-by-line. It now uses pulldown-cmark to find real indented code blocks, skips list/blockquote/same-line cases that aren’t standalone code, picks fence lengths that survive embedded backticks, and leaves structure and content intact (including blank lines inside example blocks).

HTML escaping tracks open fences by marker and run length (``` and ~~~), so content inside longer fences isn’t over-escaped.

Templates: hidden subcommands are filtered out before the Subcommands section; the multipage index drops the extra Usage synopsis line. Regenerated mise usage artifacts and example docs reflect the fixed output (e.g. bootstrap steps and watchexec JSON examples no longer wrapped in spurious fences).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Enabled Markdown parsing support for documentation generation.
  • Improved rendering of indented code blocks while preserving surrounding structure and mixed fence styles.

• Bug Fixes

  • Hidden subcommands are no longer included in generated command documentation.
  • Code fences now match correctly by marker type and length.

• Documentation

  • Removed the generated Usage line from Markdown index pages.
  • Improved coverage for subcommand headings and index summaries.

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Walkthrough

The Markdown feature adds pulldown-cmark, matches fences by marker and length, converts indented code blocks to sized fences, and filters hidden subcommands from generated templates. The index template no longer emits a Usage line. Tests cover structure preservation, idempotence, fence behavior, and headings.

Changes

Markdown documentation generation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fence-aware Markdown parsing lib/Cargo.toml, lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs	The markdown feature enables pulldown-cmark. Fence parsing now tracks marker characters and run lengths.
Indented block conversion lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs	Indented blocks are parsed with pulldown-cmark and replaced with fences longer than any backtick run in the content. Tests verify structure preservation, idempotence, and fence handling.
Subcommand documentation visibility lib/src/docs/markdown/templates/*.tera, lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs	Command templates filter hidden subcommands. The index template no longer emits a Usage line. Tests verify visible headings and synopsis output.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9467e

The Markdown renderer improves preservation of generated documentation structure, but tab-indented code examples may still cause later text to be rendered without expected HTML escaping, and conversion coverage does not prove eligible blocks are fenced. Address these bounded documentation-rendering issues before relying on the new behavior broadly.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant fence_indented_blocks
  participant pulldown_cmark
  participant MarkdownOutput
  fence_indented_blocks->>pulldown_cmark: parse Markdown
  pulldown_cmark-->>fence_indented_blocks: return indented code block ranges
  fence_indented_blocks->>MarkdownOutput: replace ranges with sized fences

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Backticks march in measured time
Hidden commands hop out of sight
Visible headings stand upright
Markdown blooms, neat and bright

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Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 85.71% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 1 files.
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83-84: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle tab-based indentation before fence detection.

When html_encode is enabled, escape_md_with_indent skips only four literal leading spaces. A line such as \t```... or \t```... is an indented code-block line, but trim_start() classifies it as a fence. fence can then remain active across following prose, so < remains unescaped. Use one Markdown-aware indentation check for fence detection and add a regression test for tab and mixed space/tab indentation.

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In `@lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs` around lines 83 - 84, Update fence
detection in the markdown renderer to use the same Markdown-aware indentation
handling as escape_md_with_indent, so tab-indented and mixed space/tab-indented
fence lines are treated as code-block content rather than opening or closing
fences. Preserve correct html_encode escaping for following prose, and add
regression coverage for both indentation forms.

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lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs (1)

403-404: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that eligible blocks become fenced blocks.

The normalized closure maps both CodeBlockKind::Fenced and CodeBlockKind::Indented to CodeBlockKind::Indented. A no-op conversion would therefore pass this test. Keep the structure comparison, but also assert that a plain indented block produces a fenced block.

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In `@lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs` around lines 403 - 404, Update the test’s
normalized comparison around the CodeBlockKind::Fenced and
CodeBlockKind::Indented mappings to separately assert that a plain indented
block is converted to CodeBlockKind::Fenced. Preserve the existing structure
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In `@lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs`:
- Around line 83-84: Update fence detection in the markdown renderer to use the
same Markdown-aware indentation handling as escape_md_with_indent, so
tab-indented and mixed space/tab-indented fence lines are treated as code-block
content rather than opening or closing fences. Preserve correct html_encode
escaping for following prose, and add regression coverage for both indentation
forms.

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In `@lib/src/docs/markdown/renderer.rs`:
- Around line 403-404: Update the test’s normalized comparison around the
CodeBlockKind::Fenced and CodeBlockKind::Indented mappings to separately assert
that a plain indented block is converted to CodeBlockKind::Fenced. Preserve the
existing structure comparison while ensuring the test cannot pass when the
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