Track url as an absolute Path and add Site.url_for helper

omicron/ssg/output/output.py

@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ class Output(ABC):
             raise OutputError("destination path must be normalized")
         self.destination = destination
 
-        url = site.base_dir + "/" + destination.as_posix()
+        url = site.base_dir / destination
-        url = url.removesuffix("/index.html") or "/"
+        if url.name == "index.html":
-        self.url = url
+            url = url.parent
+        self.url = url.as_posix()
 
     @property
     def site(self) -> Site:

omicron/ssg/site.py

@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class Site:
         return cast(dict[str, Any], config)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def parse_base_url(value: str | None) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    def parse_base_url(value: str | None) -> tuple[str, Path]:
         if not value:
-            return ("", "")
+            return ("", Path("/"))
         parsed = urlparse(value)
         if parsed.scheme and parsed.netloc:
             origin = f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.netloc}"
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ class Site:
         else:
             origin = ""
 
-        path = parsed.path.removesuffix("/")
+        if parsed.path:
+            path = Path(parsed.path)
+        else:
+            path = Path("/")
+
         return (origin, path)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -120,7 +124,12 @@ class Site:
             self.directories.append(d)
 
     def home_url(self) -> str:
-        return self.base_dir or "/"
+        return self.base_dir.as_posix()
+
+    def url_for(self, path: str) -> str:
+        if Path(path).is_absolute():
+            raise OutputError("path must be relative")
+        return (self.base_dir / path).as_posix()
 
     def section_url(self, section: str) -> str:
         path = Index.build_path("section", 1, section)
@@ -179,7 +188,7 @@ class Site:
                 "base_url config value is missing a domain name, "
                 "can't add canonical url to content"
             )
-        if self.base_dir and not self.base_dir.startswith("/"):
+        if not self.base_dir.is_absolute():
             raise ConfigError("base_url config value must be an absolute path")
         self.discover()
         outputs: list[Output] = [*self.directories, *self.content]

omicron/ssg/templates/plain/base.html

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
     <title>{% block title %}{{ site.name }}{% endblock %}</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.base_dir }}/assets/style.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.url_for('assets/style.css') }}">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.base_dir }}/assets/pygments.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.url_for('assets/pygments.css') }}">
     {% if site.origin %}<link rel="canonical" href="{{ site.origin }}{{ page.url }}">{% endif %}
     {% block head %}{% endblock %}
 </head>