re-initialize and make some changes. repository got to around 2 gigabytes and needed to be more efficient

scripts/md_to_html.py

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+import markdown
+import bleach
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print("usage: python script.py <input markdown file> <output html file>")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+input_markdown_file = sys.argv[1]
+output_html_file = sys.argv[2]
+
+with open(input_markdown_file, 'r') as f:
+    text = f.read()
+
+# converts the markdown to html
+html = markdown.markdown(text)
+
+# makes links that begin with https:// clickable
+html_with_links = bleach.linkify(html)
+
+# defines a template that should be at the beginning of the html
+start_template = '''<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+
+<!-- this file is automatically updated when README.md is updated, please don't modify it -->
+
+<head>
+    <title>readme</title>
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png">
+    <style>
+        body {
+            background-color: black;
+            color: white;
+            font-size: 20px;
+            font-family: sans-serif;
+        }
+
+        a {
+            color: white;
+        }
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+'''
+
+# defines a template that should be at the end
+end_template = '''
+</body>
+</html>
+'''
+
+# combines them
+final_html = start_template + html_with_links + end_template
+
+with open(output_html_file, 'w') as f:
+    f.write(final_html)