From bdd9e63fdfef14f981e07a5329041d98258bb29b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Fichtinger <daniel@ficd.ca>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 17:57:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] working on path normalizer

---
 internal/builder/build_page.go |  7 ++++++-
 internal/util/path.go          | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/posts/in.md               |  1 +
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/builder/build_page.go b/internal/builder/build_page.go
index e0efc28..3a45dfe 100644
--- a/internal/builder/build_page.go
+++ b/internal/builder/build_page.go
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ func buildPageData(m Metadata, in string, out string, settings *Settings) *PageD
 		p.Title = util.PathToTitle(in)
 	}
 	if icon, ok := m["icon"].(string); ok {
-		p.Icon = icon
+		i, err := util.NormalizePath(icon)
+		if err != nil {
+			p.Icon = settings.IconName
+		} else {
+			p.Icon = i
+		}
 	} else {
 		p.Icon = settings.IconName
 	}
diff --git a/internal/util/path.go b/internal/util/path.go
index 1d9a740..da85642 100644
--- a/internal/util/path.go
+++ b/internal/util/path.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -108,3 +109,27 @@ func StripTopDir(path string) string {
 	}
 	return filepath.Join(components[1:]...)
 }
+
+// we want to preserve a valid web-style path
+// and convert relative path to web-style
+// so we need to see
+// TODO; use Rel function to get abs path between
+// the file being analyzed's path, and what lil bro
+// is pointing to
+func NormalizePath(path string) (string, error) {
+	// empty path is root
+	if path == "" {
+		return "/", nil
+	}
+	if path[0] == '.' {
+		fmt.Println("Local path detected...")
+		abs, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+		fmt.Printf("abs: %s\n", abs)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Couldn't normalize path: %w", err)
+		}
+		return ReplaceRoot(abs, "/"), nil
+	} else {
+		return path, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/posts/in.md b/test/posts/in.md
index 57171ba..fc679ea 100644
--- a/test/posts/in.md
+++ b/test/posts/in.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: tiltetest
+icon: ../assets/pic.png
 ---
 
 # My amazing markdown file!