Remove .gitbook and add "root" option

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/docs/book.js b/docs/book.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 988abb2..0000000
--- a/docs/book.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-var pkg = require('../package.json');
-
-module.exports = {
-    title: 'GitBook Documentation',
-
-    plugins: ['theme-official'],
-    theme: 'official',
-    variables: {
-        version: pkg.version
-    }
-};
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 060a9d0..41dab1d 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ GitBook allows you to customize your book using a flexible configuration. These
 
 | Variable | Description |
 | -------- | ----------- |
+| `root` | Path to the root folder containing the content |
 | `title` | Title of your book, default value is extracted from the README. On GitBook.com this field is pre-filled. |
 | `description` | Description of your book, default value is extracted from the README. On GitBook.com this field is pre-filled. |
 | `author` | Name of the author. On GitBook.com this field is pre-filled. |
diff --git a/docs/structure.md b/docs/structure.md
index 31b00f6..ca35c01 100644
--- a/docs/structure.md
+++ b/docs/structure.md
@@ -45,18 +45,20 @@ bin/*
 
 ### Project documentation / Sub-directory {#subdirectory}
 
-For project documentaiton, it sometimes better to use a diretcory (like `docs/`) to store the prject's documentation. You can use a `.gitbook` file to indicate to GitBook in which folder the book is stored:
+For software project, it sometimes better to use a diretcory (like `docs/`) to store the project's documentation. You can use the [`root` option](config.md) to indicate to GitBook in which folder the book is stored:
 
 ```
 .
-├── .gitbook
+├── book.json
 └── docs/
     ├── README.md
     └── SUMMARY.md
 ```
 
-With `.gitbook` containing:
+With `book.json` containing:
 
 ```
-./docs/
+{
+    "root": "./docs"
+}
 ```