title: How to generate index.rst alone or generate everything excluding conf.py by sphinx-apidocs?
body: <p>I understand that the following generates rst for all modules, excluding the index.rst</p>
  
  <pre><code>sphinx-apidoc -f -o very_good_docs/ very_good
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  <p>And the following generates everything, including index.rst, conf.py, Makefile, etc</p>
  
  <pre><code>sphinx-apidoc -F -f -o very_good_docs/ very_good
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  <p>The problem is that sphinx-apidoc does not generate a correct conf.py, so I have to always manually modify conf.py to include the correct sys.paths. If I modify my python code in "very_good" folder, I should run the sphinx-apidoc command without "-F", so conf.py is preserved. However, if I add a new module under very_good directly, index.rst is not updated without the "-F" option, which means my new module will not be in the doc. I guess the solution is to either someone generates the index.rst file only, or using "-F" option without overriding the conf.py. Is there a way to do it?</p>