when symlinking foo.md, also symlink foo.html if generating .html

fixes #24

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

.reuse/dep5

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Upstream-Name: incorporeal-cms
-Upstream-Contact: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-Source: https://git.incorporeal.org/bss/incorporeal-cms
-
-# Trivial files
-Files: .gitignore .gitattributes
-Copyright: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-License: GPL-3.0-only
-
-# High level repo docs
-Files: *.md
-Copyright: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-License: GPL-3.0-only
-
-# Test data
-Files: tests/instance/*
-Copyright: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-License: GPL-3.0-only
-
-# Python packaging, scaffolding, and errata
-Files: MANIFEST.in pyproject.toml tox.ini requirements/*
-Copyright: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-License: GPL-3.0-only

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 
 Included is a summary of changes to the project, by version. Details can be found in the commit history.
 
+## v2.0.2
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+* Paths for files in the `pages/` root no longer have an extra `./` in them, which made URLs look ugly and also added an
+  extra blank breadcrumb in the breadcrumbs.
+
+### Improvements
+
+* `custom-static` in the instance dir is now ignored and has no special handling --- put static files in `pages/static/`
+  like all the other files that get copied. This also fixes a bug where the build errored if the directory didn't exist.
+* Some README typos fixed.
+
+## v2.0.1
+
+### Improvements
+
+* The `Image` tag in Markdown files no longer requires the full URL to be specified. Now `Config.BASE_HOST` is
+  prepended to the tag value, which should be the full path to the image.
+* `.files` are skipped when copying files to the SSG output directory.
+
 ## v2.0.0
 
 ### Features

README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ A lightweight static site generator for Markdown-based sites.
 
 ## Installation and Usage
 
-I recommend getting a release from <https://git.incorporeal.org/bss/incorporeal-cms/releases> and
-installing the Python package in a virtualenv. Something like the following should suffice:
+Something like the following should suffice:
 
 ```
 % virtualenv --python=python3.9 env-py3.9
@@ -15,19 +14,19 @@ installing the Python package in a virtualenv. Something like the following shou
 % incorporealcms-build ./path/to/instance ./path/to/output/www/root
 ```
 
-This will generate the directory suitable for serving by e.g. Nginx.
+This will generate the directory suitable for serving by e.g. nginx.
 
 ## Creating a Site
 
 Put content, notably Markdown content, inside `./your-instance/pages/` and when you are ready, run the build command
 above. When you run `incorporealcms-build`, the following happens:
 
-* Markdown files (ending in `.md`) are rendered via Python-Markdown as .html files and output to the static site
+* Markdown files (ending in `.md`) are rendered via Python-Markdown as `.html` files and output to the static site
   directory. The `.md` files are also copied there, though this behavior may be toggleable in the future.
     * Directory paths (e.g. a request to `/dir/`) can be served via a `/dir/index.md` file, which will generate
       `/dir/index.html`, with the appropriate web server configuration to use `index.html` for directory listings.
 * Symlinks to files are retained and mirrored into the output directory, and handled per the web server's configuration,
-  whanever it is.
+  whatever it is.
 * All other files are copied directly, so images, text files, etc., can be referenced naturally as URLs.
 
 ## Configuration
@@ -53,19 +52,18 @@ out and discuss issues and features and whatnot.
 
 ## Author and Licensing
 
-Written by and copyright (C) 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>.
+Written by and copyright (C) 2025 Brian S. Stephan (bss@incorporeal.org).
 
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
+Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
 
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+more details.
 
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ### Content Output
 

REUSE.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+version = 1
+SPDX-PackageName = "incorporeal-cms"
+SPDX-PackageSupplier = "Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>"
+SPDX-PackageDownloadLocation = "https://git.incorporeal.org/bss/incorporeal-cms"
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = [".gitignore", ".gitattributes"]
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "© 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = "**.md"
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "© 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = "tests/instance/**"
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "© 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = ["MANIFEST.in", "pyproject.toml", "tox.ini", "requirements/**"]
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "© 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

incorporealcms/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """An application for running my Markdown-based sites.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import json
 import logging

incorporealcms/config.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Default configuration.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 
 

incorporealcms/error_pages.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Process the error page templates.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 

incorporealcms/feed.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ under pages/ (which may make sense for a blog) if they want, but could just
 as well be pages/foo content.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2023 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import logging
 import os

incorporealcms/markdown.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ as is, but .md files need to be processed with a Markdown parser, so a lot of th
 is our tweaks and customizations for pages my way.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import datetime
 import logging
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def handle_markdown_file_path(path: str) -> str:
     return template.render(title=page_title,
                            config=Config,
                            description=get_meta_str(md, 'description'),
-                           image=get_meta_str(md, 'image'),
+                           image=Config.BASE_HOST + get_meta_str(md, 'image'),
                            content=content,
                            base_url=Config.BASE_HOST + instance_resource_path_to_request_path(path),
                            navs=parent_navs,

incorporealcms/mdx/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Markdown extensions.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """

incorporealcms/mdx/figures.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Create generic figures with captions.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2022 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import re
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import SubElement  # nosec B405

incorporealcms/mdx/pydot.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Serve dot diagrams inline.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import base64
 import logging

incorporealcms/ssg.py

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 """Build an instance as a static site suitable for serving via e.g. Nginx.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import argparse
+import logging
 import os
 import shutil
 import stat
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ from incorporealcms.error_pages import generate_error_pages
 from incorporealcms.feed import generate_feed
 from incorporealcms.markdown import handle_markdown_file_path
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
     """Generate static site output based on the instance's content."""
@@ -53,10 +56,6 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
             pass
         self.build_in_destination(program_static_dir, static_output_dir, convert_markdown=False)
 
-        # copy the instance's static dir --- should I deprecate this since it could just be stuff in pages/static/?
-        custom_static_dir = os.path.join(self.instance_dir, 'custom-static')
-        self.build_in_destination(custom_static_dir, static_output_dir, convert_markdown=False)
-
         # generate the feeds
         cprint("generating feeds", 'green')
         generate_feed('atom', self.instance_dir, tmp_output_dir)
@@ -89,14 +88,19 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
         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
-            base_dir = os.path.relpath(base_dir, source_dir)
+            relpath = os.path.relpath(base_dir, source_dir)
+            base_dir = relpath if relpath != '.' else ''
             # create subdirs seen here for subsequent depth
             for subdir in subdirs:
                 self.build_subdir_in_destination(source_dir, base_dir, subdir, dest_dir)
 
             # process and copy files
             for file_ in files:
+                if file_[0] == '.':
+                    cprint(f"skipping {file_}", 'yellow')
+                    continue
                 self.build_file_in_destination(source_dir, base_dir, file_, dest_dir, convert_markdown)
 
     def build_subdir_in_destination(self, source_dir: str, base_dir: str, subdir: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
@@ -138,6 +142,14 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
             src = self.symlink_to_relative_dest(source_dir, os.path.join(base_dir, file_))
             print(f"creating symlink '{dst}' -> '{src}'")
             os.symlink(src, dst, target_is_directory=False)
+            if src.endswith('.md') and convert_markdown:
+                # we also need to make a .html symlink so that web server configs
+                # pick up the "redirect"
+                second_src = src.removesuffix('.md') + '.html'
+                second_dst = dst.removesuffix('.md') + '.html'
+                print(f"creating symlink '{second_dst}' -> '{second_src}'")
+                os.symlink(second_src, second_dst, target_is_directory=False)
+
         else:
             src = os.path.join(base_dir, file_)
             print(f"copying file '{src}' -> '{dst}'")
@@ -146,6 +158,7 @@ class StaticSiteGenerator(object):
             # render markdown as HTML
             if src.endswith('.md') and convert_markdown:
                 rendered_file = dst.removesuffix('.md') + '.html'
+                print(f"rendering file '{src}' -> '{rendered_file}'")
                 try:
                     content = handle_markdown_file_path(src)
                 except UnicodeDecodeError:

incorporealcms/static/css/base.css

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
 html {

incorporealcms/static/css/dark.css

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
 /* common styling via the base.css, used in light and dark */

incorporealcms/static/css/light.css

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
 /* common styling via the base.css, used in light and dark */

incorporealcms/static/css/plain.css

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
 /* specify almost no styling, just fix some image and nav rendering */

incorporealcms/static/js/style_switcher.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * of my CMS, so I want to keep it around even in the static site.
  *
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
 /**

incorporealcms/templates/400.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {#
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #}
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 

incorporealcms/templates/404.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {#
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #}
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 

incorporealcms/templates/500.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {#
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #}
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 

incorporealcms/templates/base-wide.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {#
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #}
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block site_class %}class="site-wrap site-wrap-double-width"{% endblock %}

incorporealcms/templates/base.html

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <!doctype html>{#
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #}
 <html lang="en">
 <title>{{ title }}</title>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta property="og:url" content="{{ base_url }}">
 {% if title %}<meta property="og:title" content="{{ title }}">{% endif %}
 {% if description %}<meta property="og:description" content="{{ description }}">{% endif %}
-<meta property="og:url" content="{{ base_url }}">
 {% if image %}<meta property="og:image" content="{{ image }}">{% endif %}
 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "incorporeal-cms"
 description = "A lightweight static site generator for Markdown-based sites."
 readme = "README.md"
-license = {text = "GPL-3.0-only"}
+license = {text = "GPL-3.0-or-later"}
 authors = [
 	{name = "Brian S. Stephan", email = "bss@incorporeal.org"},
 ]
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = ["feedgen", "jinja2", "Markdown", "termcolor"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 classifiers = [
-	"Framework :: Flask",
 	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-	"License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+	"License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
 	"Operating System :: OS Independent",
 	"Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: Markdown",
 ]

tests/functional_markdown_tests.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Test graphviz functionality.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -63,3 +63,31 @@ def test_figures_are_rendered():
                     '<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():
+    """Test that the og:image meta tag is present as expected."""
+    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:
+            data = markdown_output.read()
+            assert ('<meta property="og:image" content="http://example.org/test.img">') in data
+
+
+def test_og_url():
+    """Test that the og:url meta tag is present as expected."""
+    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
+        ssg.build_in_destination(os.path.join(HERE, 'instance', 'pages'), tmpdir, True)
+        with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'index.html'), 'r') as markdown_output:
+            data = markdown_output.read()
+            assert ('<meta property="og:url" content="http://example.org/">') in data

tests/instance/config.json

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 				"level": "DEBUG",
 				"handlers": ["console"]
 			},
-			"incorporealcms.pages": {
+			"incorporealcms.ssg": {
 				"level": "DEBUG",
 				"handlers": ["console"]
 			}

tests/instance/config.py

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"""Configure the test application.
-
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
-"""
-
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'formatters': {
-        'default': {
-            'format': '[%(asctime)s %(levelname)-7s %(name)s] %(message)s',
-        },
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'console': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'default',
-        },
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        'incorporealcms.mdx': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-        },
-        'incorporealcms.pages': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-        },
-    },
-}

tests/instance/pages/.ignored-file.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is ignored

tests/instance/pages/more-metadata.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Title:          title for the page
 Description:    description of this page
                 made even longer
-Image:          http://buh.com/test.img
+Image:          /test.img
 
 hello

tests/test_commands.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Test command line invocations.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 import tempfile

tests/test_factory.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Test basic configuration stuff.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 

tests/test_feed.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Test the feed methods.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2023 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 import tempfile

tests/test_markdown.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Test the conversion of Markdown pages.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 from unittest.mock import patch

tests/test_ssg.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Test the high level SSG operations.
 
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2025 Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ def test_file_copy_symlink():
         assert os.path.islink(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'symlink-to-foo.txt'))
 
 
+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
+        generator.build_file_in_destination(os.path.join(instance_dir, 'pages'), '', 'no-title.md', tmpdir, True)
+        assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'symlink-to-no-title.md'))
+        assert os.path.islink(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'symlink-to-no-title.md'))
+        # a .md symlink should also create the .html symlink (see issue #24)
+        assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'symlink-to-no-title.html'))
+        assert os.path.islink(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'symlink-to-no-title.html'))
+
+
 def test_dir_copy():
     """Test the ability to sync a directory to the output dir."""
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
@@ -88,3 +105,13 @@ def test_build_in_destination():
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'index.html'))
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'subdir', 'index.md'))
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'subdir', 'index.html'))
+
+
+def test_build_in_destination_ignores_dot_files():
+    """Test the ability to walk a source and populate the destination."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        src_dir = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
+        generator = ssg.StaticSiteGenerator(src_dir, tmpdir)
+        generator.build_in_destination(os.path.join(src_dir, 'pages'), tmpdir)
+
+        assert not os.path.exists(os.path.join(tmpdir, '.ignored-file.md'))