Markdown 2 HTML VSTS/Azure DevOps Build/Release Task

Useful for converting Markdown language into HTML.

Supported Platforms

Visual Studio Team Services - aka. Azure DevOps
Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 3 and higher (How to install extensions in TFS)

The extension installs the follow tasks:

Markdown file path:
- The path of the input Markdown file.
- It can contain variables such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
HTML output file path:
- The path of the output HTML file. If the file does not exist, it will be created.
- If the file exists, it will be overwritten.
- It can contain variables such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory).
HTML template file path:
- The path of the HTML file used as a template.
- The placeholder for the inserted transformed Markdown is
```
    {body|s}
```
  Put it wherever you want the converted Markdown to show up in the template.
- Other custom placeholders for parameters can be used such as
```
    {title}
    {author}
```
  These parameters need to be passed in as JSON.
JSON Template Parameters:
- The parameters to be used instead of placeholders in the template file.
- body is automatically filled
- The parameters are case-sensitive
```
    {"title": "Release Notes", "Author": "knom"}
```

Markdown search pattern:
- The GLOB search patterns to input Markdown files.
- Multiple lines, each with a COMMA at the end
- E.g. **\*.md, !**\node_modules\*
- It can contain variables such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
HTML output folder:
- If empty the output folder will be the source folder of the Markdown files.
- The path of the folder for output HTML files. If the folder does not exist, it will be created.
- If the files exists, they will be overwritten.
- It can contain variables such as $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory).
HTML template file path:
- The path of the HTML file used as a template.
- The placeholder for the inserted transformed Markdown is
```
    {body|s}
```
  Put it wherever you want the converted Markdown to show up in the template.
- Other custom placeholders for parameters can be used such as
```
    {title}
    {author}
```
  These parameters need to be passed in as JSON.
JSON Template Parameters:
- The parameters to be used instead of placeholders in the template file.
- body is automatically filled
- The parameters are case-sensitive
```
    {"title": "Release Notes", "Author": "knom"}
```