feat: allow list of file paths in convert_files_to_docs

[DanShatford]

Related Issues

• fixes convert_files_to_docs for a list of filepaths not dir_path #5616

Proposed Changes:

• Allow providing a list of file paths to convert_files_to_docs instead of, or as well as, the current dir_path.

How did you test it?

Unit tests. Manual tests.

Notes for the reviewer

file_paths is List[Path] while dir_path is str. This is what was suggested in the issue discussion. I can make the types more consistent if that is preferred, ie, by making both keyword arguments accept (List)str/Path.

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[vblagoje]

Thanks for this @DanShatford , @dfokina please have a quick look. As far as I can tell all looks good. Let's see what CI says

[coveralls]

Pull Request Test Coverage Report for Build 6423867599

• 0 of 0 changed or added relevant lines in 0 files are covered.
• 33 unchanged lines in 1 file lost coverage.
• Overall coverage remained the same at 50.228%

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Files with Coverage Reduction	New Missed Lines	%
utils/preprocessing.py	33	41.12%

Totals
Change from base Build 6421960148:	0.0%
Covered Lines:	12553
Relevant Lines:	24992

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💛 - Coveralls

[vblagoje]

LGTM, let's wait for @dfokina to give it 👍, and we are gtg

[dfokina]

All good from my side too 👍 @vblagoje

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