From 62ab6fee6697de6515070a18cb3cfc0d6f4a8d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sammy Hori <git@sammyhori.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:04:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Clean up README edit warning message

---
 .github/README-template.j2 | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/README-template.j2 b/.github/README-template.j2
index eecc4f05..ed859d51 100644
--- a/.github/README-template.j2
+++ b/.github/README-template.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!-- DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE (README.md) -->
-<!-- ALL ENTRIES SHOULD BE IN TO THE data.json -->
-<!-- SEE THE CONTRIBUTING GUIDE (CONTRIBUTING.md) FOR MORE GUIDANCE -->
-<!-- YOU MAY IGNORE THIS MESSAGE IF YOU ARE EDITING THE TEMPLATE -->
+<!-- DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE (`README.md`) -->
+<!-- ALL ENTRIES SHOULD BE ADDED TO AND REMOVED FROM `data.json` -->
+<!-- SEE THE CONTRIBUTING GUIDE (`CONTRIBUTING.md`) FOR MORE GUIDANCE -->
+<!-- YOU MAY IGNORE THIS MESSAGE IF YOU ARE EDITING `README-template.j2` -->
 
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From 5d353dea8918749845befacdedded73d4f74ce6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sammy Hori <git@sammyhori.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:42:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Reduced the table of contents length by putting it into a
 table Categories are grouped by their first character in the table

---
 .github/README-template.j2       |  7 +++++--
 .github/scripts/render-readme.py | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/README-template.j2 b/.github/README-template.j2
index ed859d51..981c45d0 100644
--- a/.github/README-template.j2
+++ b/.github/README-template.j2
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ If you are a maintainer of open-source projects, add the label `first-timers-onl
 
 If you are not a programmer but would like to contribute, check out the [Awesome for non-programmers](https://github.com/szabgab/awesome-for-non-programmers) list.
 
+
 ## Table of Contents:
-{% for category in categories %}
-- [{{ category.title }}](#{{ category.link_id }}){% endfor %}
+
+||Languages|
+|--|--|{% for category_group, categories in category_groups.items() %}
+|{{ category_group }}|{% for category in categories %}[{{ category.title }}](#{{ category.link_id }}){% if loop.index < (categories | length) %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}|{% endfor %}
 {% for category in categories %}
 ## {{ category.title }}
 {% for entry in category.entries %}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/render-readme.py b/.github/scripts/render-readme.py
index ce88f704..d109ca47 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/render-readme.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/render-readme.py
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 TEMPLATEFILE = "README-template.j2"
 TARGETFILE = "./README.md"
 
-
 def new_technology_dict(repo_technology):
     return {"link_id": repo_technology.lower(), "entries": []}
 
-
 technologies = {}
 
 with open(DATAFILE, "r") as datafile:
@@ -39,11 +37,19 @@ def new_technology_dict(repo_technology):
     )
 
 categories = sorted(categories, key=lambda x: x["title"].upper())
+category_groups = {"Misc": []}
 for category in categories:
     category["entries"] = sorted(category["entries"], key=lambda x: x["name"].upper())
+    first_char = category["title"][0].upper()
+    if first_char in "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ":
+        if first_char not in category_groups:
+            category_groups[first_char] = []
+        category_groups[first_char].append(category)
+    else:
+        category_groups["Misc"].append(category)
 
 sponsors = data["sponsors"]
 
-output = template.render(categories=categories, sponsors=sponsors)
+output = template.render(category_groups=category_groups, categories=categories, sponsors=sponsors)
 
 open(TARGETFILE, "w").write(output)

From 2a94ab4dec6dc03d169416c36c23915395fc918c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sammy Hori <git@sammyhori.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:59:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Remove stray newline from README template

---
 .github/README-template.j2 | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/README-template.j2 b/.github/README-template.j2
index 981c45d0..7b626e96 100644
--- a/.github/README-template.j2
+++ b/.github/README-template.j2
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ Inspired by [First Timers Only](https://kentcdodds.com/blog/first-timers-only) b
 If you are a maintainer of open-source projects, add the label `first-timers-only` (or similar) to your project and list it here so that people can find it.
 
 If you are not a programmer but would like to contribute, check out the [Awesome for non-programmers](https://github.com/szabgab/awesome-for-non-programmers) list.
-
-
 ## Table of Contents:
 
 ||Languages|