changelog for v2.0.4

Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 Included is a summary of changes to the project, by version. Details can be found in the commit history.
 
+## v2.0.4
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+* With some significant refactoring, files are now handled better with respect to relative paths, which fixes an issue
+  with symlink pages only properly getting resolved to their target if the symlink was in the `pages/` root rather than
+  a subdir.
+
 ## v2.0.3
 
 ### Bugfixes

incorporealcms/feed.py

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def generate_feed(feed_type: str, instance_dir: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
     """Generate the Atom or RSS feed as requested.
 
+    Feed entries should be symlinks to .md files in the pages/ directory, so that they
+    are also linkable and can be browsed outside of the feed.
+
     Args:
         feed_type: 'atom' or 'rss' feed
         instance_dir: the directory for the instance, containing both the feed dir and pages
@@ -37,16 +40,18 @@ def generate_feed(feed_type: str, instance_dir: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
     fg.link(href=f'https://{Config.DOMAIN_NAME}', rel='alternate')
     fg.subtitle(f"Blog posts and other interesting materials from {Config.TITLE_SUFFIX}")
 
+    # feed symlinks should all be within the core content subdirectory
+    pages_dir = os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages')
+
     # get recent feeds
     feed_path = os.path.join(instance_dir, 'feed')
     feed_entry_paths = [os.path.join(dirpath, filename) for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(feed_path)
                         for filename in filenames if os.path.islink(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))]
     for feed_entry_path in sorted(feed_entry_paths):
         # get the actual file to parse it
-        os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages')))
+        resolved_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.realpath(feed_entry_path), pages_dir)
-        resolved_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.realpath(feed_entry_path), os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         try:
-            content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(resolved_path)
+            content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(os.path.join(pages_dir, resolved_path), pages_dir)
             link = f'https://{Config.DOMAIN_NAME}{instance_resource_path_to_request_path(resolved_path)}'
         except (OSError, ValueError, TypeError):
             logger.exception("error loading/rendering markdown!")

incorporealcms/markdown.py

@@ -44,18 +44,21 @@ def instance_resource_path_to_request_path(path):
     return '/' + re.sub(r'.md$', '', re.sub(r'index.md$', '', path))
 
 
-def parse_md(path: str):
+def parse_md(path: str, pages_root: str):
     """Given a file to parse, return file content and other derived data along with the md object.
 
     Args:
         path: the path to the file to render
+        pages_root: the absolute path to the pages/ dir, which the path should be within. necessary for
+                    proper resolution of resolving parent pages (which needs to know when to stop)
     """
     try:
-        logger.debug("opening path '%s'", path)
+        absolute_path = os.path.join(pages_root, path)
-        with open(path, 'r') as input_file:
+        logger.debug("opening path '%s'", absolute_path)
+        with open(absolute_path, 'r') as input_file:
             mtime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(input_file.name), tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
             entry = input_file.read()
-        logger.debug("path '%s' read", path)
+        logger.debug("path '%s' read", absolute_path)
         md = init_md()
         content = Markup(md.convert(entry))     # nosec B704
     except (OSError, FileNotFoundError):
@@ -67,17 +70,25 @@ def parse_md(path: str):
 
     logger.debug("file metadata: %s", md.Meta)
 
-    page_name = get_meta_str(md, 'title') if md.Meta.get('title') else instance_resource_path_to_request_path(path)
+    rel_path = os.path.relpath(path, pages_root)
+    page_name = get_meta_str(md, 'title') if md.Meta.get('title') else instance_resource_path_to_request_path(rel_path)
     page_title = f'{page_name} - {Config.TITLE_SUFFIX}' if page_name else Config.TITLE_SUFFIX
     logger.debug("title (potentially derived): %s", page_title)
 
     return content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime
 
 
-def handle_markdown_file_path(path: str) -> str:
+def handle_markdown_file_path(path: str, pages_root: str) -> str:
-    """Given a location on disk, attempt to open it and render the markdown within."""
+    """Given a location on disk, attempt to open it and render the markdown within.
-    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(path)
+
-    parent_navs = generate_parent_navs(path)
+    Args:
+        path: the path to the file to parse and produce metadata for
+        pages_root: the absolute path to the pages/ dir, which the path should be within. necessary for
+                    proper resolution of resolving parent pages (which needs to know when to stop)
+    """
+    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(path, pages_root)
+    relative_path = os.path.relpath(path, pages_root)
+    parent_navs = generate_parent_navs(relative_path, pages_root)
     extra_footer = get_meta_str(md, 'footer') if md.Meta.get('footer') else None
     template_name = get_meta_str(md, 'template') if md.Meta.get('template') else 'base.html'
 
@@ -92,14 +103,21 @@ def handle_markdown_file_path(path: str) -> str:
                            description=get_meta_str(md, 'description'),
                            image=Config.BASE_HOST + get_meta_str(md, 'image'),
                            content=content,
-                           base_url=Config.BASE_HOST + instance_resource_path_to_request_path(path),
+                           base_url=Config.BASE_HOST + instance_resource_path_to_request_path(relative_path),
                            navs=parent_navs,
                            mtime=mtime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z'),
                            extra_footer=extra_footer)
 
 
-def generate_parent_navs(path):
+def generate_parent_navs(path, pages_root: str):
-    """Create a series of paths/links to navigate up from the given resource path."""
+    """Create a series of paths/links to navigate up from the given resource path.
+
+    Args:
+        path: the path to parse and generate parent metadata nav links for
+        pages_root: the absolute path to the pages/ dir, which the path should be within. path is relative,
+                    but opening parents requires the full path
+    """
+    logger.debug("path to generate navs for: %s", path)
     if path == 'index.md':
         # bail and return the domain name as a terminal case
         return [(Config.DOMAIN_NAME, '/')]
@@ -124,14 +142,14 @@ def generate_parent_navs(path):
 
         # read the resource
         try:
-            with open(path, 'r') as entry_file:
+            with open(os.path.join(pages_root, path), 'r') as entry_file:
                 entry = entry_file.read()
             _ = Markup(md.convert(entry))       # nosec B704
             page_name = (" ".join(md.Meta.get('title')) if md.Meta.get('title')
                          else request_path_to_breadcrumb_display(request_path))
-            return generate_parent_navs(parent_resource_path) + [(page_name, request_path)]
+            return generate_parent_navs(parent_resource_path, pages_root) + [(page_name, request_path)]
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            return generate_parent_navs(parent_resource_path) + [(request_path, request_path)]
+            return generate_parent_navs(parent_resource_path, pages_root) + [(request_path, request_path)]
 
 
 def request_path_to_breadcrumb_display(path):

incorporealcms/ssg.py

@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
             convert_markdown: whether or not to convert Markdown files (or simply copy them)
         """
         cprint(f"copying files from '{source_dir}' to '{dest_dir}'", 'green')
-        os.chdir(source_dir)
         for base_dir, subdirs, files in os.walk(source_dir):
             logger.debug("starting to build against %s || %s || %s", base_dir, subdirs, files)
             # remove the absolute path of the directory from the base_dir
@@ -113,9 +112,12 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
             dest_dir: the output directory to place the subdir in
         """
         dst = os.path.join(dest_dir, base_dir, subdir)
-        if os.path.islink(os.path.join(base_dir, subdir)):
+        absolute_dir = os.path.join(source_dir, base_dir, subdir)
+        logger.debug("checking if %s is a symlink or not", absolute_dir)
+        if os.path.islink(absolute_dir):
+            logger.debug("symlink; raw destination is %s", os.path.realpath(absolute_dir))
             # keep the link relative to the output directory
-            src = self.symlink_to_relative_dest(source_dir, os.path.join(base_dir, subdir))
+            src = self.symlink_to_relative_dest(source_dir, absolute_dir)
             print(f"creating directory symlink '{dst}' -> '{src}'")
             os.symlink(src, dst, target_is_directory=True)
         else:
@@ -137,9 +139,12 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
             dest_dir: the output directory to place the subdir in
         """
         dst = os.path.join(dest_dir, base_dir, file_)
-        if os.path.islink(os.path.join(base_dir, file_)):
+        absolute_file = os.path.join(source_dir, base_dir, file_)
+        logger.debug("checking if %s is a symlink or not", absolute_file)
+        if os.path.islink(absolute_file):
+            logger.debug("symlink; raw destination is %s", os.path.realpath(absolute_file))
             # keep the link relative to the output directory
-            src = self.symlink_to_relative_dest(source_dir, os.path.join(base_dir, file_))
+            src = self.symlink_to_relative_dest(source_dir, absolute_file)
             print(f"creating symlink '{dst}' -> '{src}'")
             os.symlink(src, dst, target_is_directory=False)
             if src.endswith('.md') and convert_markdown:
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
                 os.symlink(second_src, second_dst, target_is_directory=False)
 
         else:
-            src = os.path.join(base_dir, file_)
+            src = os.path.join(source_dir, base_dir, file_)
             print(f"copying file '{src}' -> '{dst}'")
             shutil.copy2(src, dst)
 
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
                 rendered_file = dst.removesuffix('.md') + '.html'
                 print(f"rendering file '{src}' -> '{rendered_file}'")
                 try:
-                    content = handle_markdown_file_path(src)
+                    content = handle_markdown_file_path(src, source_dir)
                 except UnicodeDecodeError:
                     # perhaps this isn't a markdown file at all for some reason; we
                     # copied it above so stick with tha
@@ -172,6 +177,10 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
     def symlink_to_relative_dest(self, base_dir: str, source: str) -> str:
         """Given a symlink, make sure it points to something inside the instance and provide its real destination.
 
+        This is made to be relative to the location of the symlink in all
+        circumstances, in order to avoid breaking out of the instance or output
+        dirs.
+
         Args:
             base_dir: the full absolute path of the instance's pages dir, which the symlink destination must be in.
             source: the symlink to check
@@ -180,8 +189,8 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
         """
         if not os.path.realpath(source).startswith(base_dir):
             raise ValueError(f"symlink destination {os.path.realpath(source)} is outside the instance!")
-        # this symlink points to realpath inside base_dir, so relative to base_dir, the symlink dest is...
+        # this symlink points to realpath inside base_dir, so relative to the source, the symlink dest is...
-        return os.path.relpath(os.path.realpath(source), base_dir)
+        return os.path.relpath(os.path.realpath(source), os.path.dirname(source))
 
 
 def build():

tests/functional_markdown_tests.py

@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ def test_graphviz_is_rendered():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         ssg = StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(src_dir, 'pages'))
 
         ssg.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance', 'pages'), '', 'test-graphviz.md', tmpdir, True)
         with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test-graphviz.html'), 'r') as graphviz_output:
             data = graphviz_output.read()
             assert 'data:image/png;base64' in data
-    os.chdir(HERE)
 
 
 def test_invalid_graphviz_is_not_rendered():
@@ -37,12 +35,10 @@ def test_invalid_graphviz_is_not_rendered():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         ssg = StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(src_dir, 'broken'))
 
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             ssg.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance', 'broken'), '', 'test-invalid-graphviz.md',
                                           tmpdir, True)
-    os.chdir(HERE)
 
 
 def test_figures_are_rendered():
@@ -50,7 +46,6 @@ def test_figures_are_rendered():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         ssg = StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(src_dir, 'pages'))
 
         ssg.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance', 'pages'), '', 'figures.md', tmpdir, True)
         with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'figures.html'), 'r') as graphviz_output:
@@ -62,7 +57,6 @@ def test_figures_are_rendered():
             assert ('<figure class="left"><img alt="fancy logo" src="bss-square-no-bg.png" />'
                     '<span></span></figure>') in data
             assert '<figure><img alt="just a logo" src="bss-square-no-bg.png" /></figure>' in data
-    os.chdir(HERE)
 
 
 def test_og_image():
@@ -70,7 +64,6 @@ def test_og_image():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         ssg = StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(src_dir, 'pages'))
 
         ssg.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance', 'pages'), '', 'more-metadata.md', tmpdir, True)
         with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'more-metadata.html'), 'r') as markdown_output:
@@ -83,7 +76,6 @@ def test_og_url():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         ssg = StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(src_dir, 'pages'))
 
         # testing a whole build run because of bugs in how I handle pathing adding a "./" in
         # the generated URLs for content in the pages/ root

tests/instance/config.json

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 				"level": "DEBUG",
 				"handlers": ["console"]
 			},
+			"incorporealcms.markdown": {
+				"level": "DEBUG",
+				"handlers": ["console"]
+			},
 			"incorporealcms.ssg": {
 				"level": "DEBUG",
 				"handlers": ["console"]

tests/instance/pages/subdir/relative-symlink-to-parent.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../more-metadata.md

tests/test_markdown.py

@@ -8,33 +8,38 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
+from incorporealcms import init_instance
 from incorporealcms.markdown import (generate_parent_navs, handle_markdown_file_path,
                                      instance_resource_path_to_request_path, parse_md,
                                      request_path_to_breadcrumb_display)
 
 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-os.chdir(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance/', 'pages/'))
+INSTANCE_DIR = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
+PAGES_DIR = os.path.join(INSTANCE_DIR, 'pages/')
+
+# initialize in order to configure debug logging
+init_instance(INSTANCE_DIR)
 
 
 def test_generate_page_navs_index():
     """Test that the index page has navs to the root (itself)."""
-    assert generate_parent_navs('index.md') == [('example.org', '/')]
+    assert generate_parent_navs('index.md', PAGES_DIR) == [('example.org', '/')]
 
 
 def test_generate_page_navs_subdir_index():
     """Test that dir pages have navs to the root and themselves."""
-    assert generate_parent_navs('subdir/index.md') == [('example.org', '/'), ('subdir', '/subdir/')]
+    assert generate_parent_navs('subdir/index.md', PAGES_DIR) == [('example.org', '/'), ('subdir', '/subdir/')]
 
 
 def test_generate_page_navs_subdir_real_page():
     """Test that real pages have navs to the root, their parent, and themselves."""
-    assert generate_parent_navs('subdir/page.md') == [('example.org', '/'), ('subdir', '/subdir/'),
+    assert generate_parent_navs('subdir/page.md', PAGES_DIR) == [('example.org', '/'), ('subdir', '/subdir/'),
                                                                  ('Page', '/subdir/page')]
 
 
 def test_generate_page_navs_subdir_with_title_parsing_real_page():
     """Test that title metadata is used in the nav text."""
-    assert generate_parent_navs('subdir-with-title/page.md') == [
+    assert generate_parent_navs('subdir-with-title/page.md', PAGES_DIR) == [
         ('example.org', '/'),
         ('SUB!', '/subdir-with-title/'),
         ('page', '/subdir-with-title/page')
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ def test_generate_page_navs_subdir_with_title_parsing_real_page():
 
 def test_generate_page_navs_subdir_with_no_index():
     """Test that breadcrumbs still generate even if a subdir doesn't have an index.md."""
-    assert generate_parent_navs('no-index-dir/page.md') == [
+    assert generate_parent_navs('no-index-dir/page.md', PAGES_DIR) == [
         ('example.org', '/'),
         ('/no-index-dir/', '/no-index-dir/'),
         ('page', '/no-index-dir/page')
@@ -53,26 +58,26 @@ def test_generate_page_navs_subdir_with_no_index():
 def test_page_includes_themes_with_default():
     """Test that a request contains the configured themes and sets the default as appropriate."""
     assert '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="light" href="/static/css/light.css">'\
-        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
     assert '<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" title="dark" href="/static/css/dark.css">'\
-        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
     assert '<a href="" onclick="setStyle(\'light\'); return false;">[light]</a>'\
-        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
     assert '<a href="" onclick="setStyle(\'dark\'); return false;">[dark]</a>'\
-        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
 
 
 def test_render_with_style_overrides():
     """Test that the default can be changed."""
     with patch('incorporealcms.Config.DEFAULT_PAGE_STYLE', 'dark'):
         assert '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="dark" href="/static/css/dark.css">'\
-            in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+            in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
         assert '<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" title="light" href="/static/css/light.css">'\
-            in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+            in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
     assert '<a href="" onclick="setStyle(\'light\'); return false;">[light]</a>'\
-        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
     assert '<a href="" onclick="setStyle(\'dark\'); return false;">[dark]</a>'\
-        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+        in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
 
 
 def test_render_with_default_style_override():
@@ -81,23 +86,21 @@ def test_render_with_default_style_override():
                                                      'warm': '/static/css/warm.css'}):
         with patch('incorporealcms.Config.DEFAULT_PAGE_STYLE', 'warm'):
             assert '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="warm" href="/static/css/warm.css">'\
-                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
             assert '<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" title="cool" href="/static/css/cool.css">'\
-                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
             assert '<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" title="light" href="/static/css/light.css">'\
-                not in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+                not in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
             assert '<a href="" onclick="setStyle(\'warm\'); return false;">[warm]</a>'\
-                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
             assert '<a href="" onclick="setStyle(\'cool\'); return false;">[cool]</a>'\
-                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md')
+                in handle_markdown_file_path('index.md', PAGES_DIR)
 
 
 def test_redirects_error_unsupported():
     """Test that we throw a warning about the barely-used Markdown redirect tag, which we can't support via SSG."""
-    os.chdir(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance/', 'broken/'))
     with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-        handle_markdown_file_path('redirect.md')
+        handle_markdown_file_path('redirect.md', os.path.join(INSTANCE_DIR, 'broken'))
-    os.chdir(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance/', 'pages/'))
 
 
 def test_instance_resource_path_to_request_path_on_index():
@@ -131,21 +134,21 @@ def test_request_path_to_breadcrumb_display_patterns():
 
 def test_parse_md_metadata():
     """Test the direct results of parsing a markdown file."""
-    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md('more-metadata.md')
+    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(os.path.join(PAGES_DIR, 'more-metadata.md'), PAGES_DIR)
     assert page_name == 'title for the page'
     assert page_title == 'title for the page - example.org'
 
 
 def test_parse_md_metadata_forced_no_title():
     """Test the direct results of parsing a markdown file."""
-    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md('forced-no-title.md')
+    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(os.path.join(PAGES_DIR, 'forced-no-title.md'), PAGES_DIR)
     assert page_name == ''
     assert page_title == 'example.org'
 
 
 def test_parse_md_metadata_no_title_so_path():
     """Test the direct results of parsing a markdown file."""
-    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md('subdir/index.md')
+    content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(os.path.join(PAGES_DIR, 'subdir/index.md'), PAGES_DIR)
     assert page_name == '/subdir/'
     assert page_title == '/subdir/ - example.org'
 
@@ -153,10 +156,10 @@ def test_parse_md_metadata_no_title_so_path():
 def test_parse_md_no_file():
     """Test the direct results of parsing a markdown file."""
     with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
-        content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md('nope.md')
+        content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(os.path.join(PAGES_DIR, 'nope.md'), PAGES_DIR)
 
 
 def test_parse_md_bad_file():
     """Test the direct results of parsing a markdown file."""
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md('actually-a-png.md')
+        content, md, page_name, page_title, mtime = parse_md(os.path.join(PAGES_DIR, 'actually-a-png.md'), PAGES_DIR)

tests/test_ssg.py

@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
+import logging
 import os
 import tempfile
 
 import incorporealcms.ssg as ssg
 from incorporealcms import init_instance
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
+
 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 instance_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
@@ -20,7 +23,6 @@ def test_file_copy():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'no-title.md', tmpdir,
                                             True)
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'no-title.md'))
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ def test_file_copy_no_markdown():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'no-title.md', tmpdir,
                                             False)
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'no-title.md'))
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ def test_file_copy_symlink():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'symlink-to-foo.txt', tmpdir)
         # need to copy the destination for os.path.exists to be happy with this
         generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'foo.txt', tmpdir)
@@ -52,12 +52,28 @@ def test_file_copy_symlink():
         assert os.path.islink(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'symlink-to-foo.txt'))
 
 
+def test_file_copy_subdir_symlink():
+    """Test the ability to sync a symlink in a subdirectory to the output dir."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
+        generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
+        # need to make the subdirectory as if the generator already did
+        os.mkdir(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'subdir'))
+        generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), 'subdir',
+                                            'relative-symlink-to-parent.md', tmpdir)
+        # need to copy the destination for os.path.exists to be happy with this
+        generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'more-metadata.md', tmpdir)
+        logger.warning("created symlink %s",
+                       os.readlink(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'subdir', 'relative-symlink-to-parent.md')))
+        assert os.path.islink(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'subdir', 'relative-symlink-to-parent.md'))
+        assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'subdir', 'relative-symlink-to-parent.md'))
+
+
 def test_file_copy_symlink_of_markdown_also_has_html_symlink():
     """Test the ability to sync source and generated symlinks to the output dir."""
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'symlink-to-no-title.md', tmpdir,
                                             True)
         # need to copy the destination for os.path.exists to be happy with this
@@ -74,7 +90,6 @@ def test_dir_copy():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         generator.build_subdir_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'media', tmpdir)
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'media'))
         assert os.path.isdir(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'media'))
@@ -85,7 +100,6 @@ def test_dir_copy_symlink():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
         generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'))
         generator.build_subdir_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'symlink-to-subdir', tmpdir)
         # need to copy the destination for os.path.exists to be happy with this
         generator.build_subdir_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'subdir', tmpdir)