Relative urls in readme.md files only work half the time. (BB-7521)

Relative urls in readme.md files only work half the time. (BB-7521)
Nick Zarczynski avatarNick Zarczynski created an issue 2013-02-10
I have the following project structure:
doc/
getting_started.md
...
readme.md
In my readme.md file, I link to the getting_started.md document like so:
[Get started|doc/getting_started.md]
When viewing the readme.md file in the source tab this link 404's (it points to ../project/doc/contributing.md)
But when I click on the readme.md file and view it, the link works (correctly points to ../project/src/31...8e/doc/contributing.md)
There is a (possibly?) subtly different problem for relative links in sub-folders. Given the project structure of:
doc/
style/
markdown.md
readme.md
top_level_readme.md
In the readme.md file, if I have a link to style/markdown.md as follows:
[Markdown Style Guide|style/markdown.md]
It will break in a similar manner to the above (50% of the time), but with the following urls:
Overview page links to: ../project/src/31...8e/style/markdown.md
While viewing readme.md links to: ../project/src/31...8e/doc/style/markdown.md
Comments (67)
Brian Nguyen
Hi Nick,
Thanks for reporting.
I've confirmed that the problem with relative links only works if the readme is rendered at a specific commit. If it is rendered generally (like on the overview page), then it will not work.
I have added the issue to our backlog, and please watch this issue for further updates.
Cheers, Brian
2013-02-13