Set root path for relative links while converting with Pandoc

Question

I have a markdown file which I want to convert into html file using pandoc.

It has some relative links in the form [text](relative_path.MD)

After conversion I want this links to lead to https://github.com/username/project/blob/master/relative_path.MD

In other words I want to set https://github.com/username/project/blob/master/ as a root for relative paths. Can I do this in some simple way?

I found that I can write arbitrary Lua filters, but surely I am not the first person trying to achieve this and there is some built-in method allowing to do this without writing own link parsing code?

Would it help to use a [](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/base) element in your html code? — Axel Kemper, Apr 10 '22 at 22:40
@AxelKemper Not really, as I am trying to generate HTML and use it as a part of page. But in general it is worth mentioning. — reducing activity, Apr 10 '22 at 23:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '22 at 23:08

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Just came across this filter:

https://musteresel.github.io/posts/2018/01/pandoc-project-relative-links.html

It's in Haskell rather than Lua so won't be as efficient as a lua filter.

No idea if it works!

answered Aug 11 '22 at 23:08

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