will this be the solution?

Author: mbakker7

notebook1_basics_plotting/clean_notebook.py

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+import nbformat
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def clean_notebook_metadata(path: str):
+    """
+    Remove problematic metadata that breaks GitHub rendering,
+    while keeping all cell outputs intact.
+    """
+    path = Path(path)
+    if not path.exists():
+        print(f"File not found: {path}")
+        return
+
+    # Read notebook
+    nb = nbformat.read(str(path), as_version=4)
+
+    # Keys in top-level metadata that trigger GitHub widget errors
+    for key in ["widgets", "varInspector", "latex_envs"]:
+        if key in nb['metadata']:
+            nb['metadata'].pop(key, None)
+            print(f"Removed top-level metadata: {key}")
+
+    # Optional: Remove widgets metadata from individual cells if present
+    for i, cell in enumerate(nb['cells']):
+        if 'metadata' in cell and 'widgets' in cell['metadata']:
+            cell['metadata'].pop('widgets', None)
+            print(f"Removed widgets metadata from cell {i}")
+
+    # Write the cleaned notebook back
+    nbformat.write(nb, str(path))
+    print(f"Notebook cleaned and saved: {path}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python clean_notebook.py <notebook.ipynb>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    notebook_path = sys.argv[1]
+    clean_notebook_metadata(notebook_path)