fix: skip inline markdown-pipeline entries

.gitignore

@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@
 /test/sidebar-site/_site/
 /test/sidebar-site/.quarto/
 /test/sidebar-site/_extensions/
+/test/navbar-site/_site/
+/test/navbar-site/.quarto/
+/test/navbar-site/_extensions/
 __pycache__/
 /tools/.venv/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - fix: Load the `string` module by its own path in the Bitbucket module, so another extension's module cannot be used instead. (#57)
+- fix: Keep a platform URL in a navigation link target, and a reference in the social metadata, as plain text. A reference in a navigation title or entry text stays plain text as well. (#58)
 
 ### Refactoring
 

_extensions/gitlink/gitlink.lua

@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ local COMMIT_SHA_MIN_LENGTH = 7
 --- @type string Lua pattern matching a 3-, 4-, 6-, or 8-character hex colour with leading #
 local HEX_COLOUR_PATTERN = '^#%x%x%x%x?%x?%x?%x?%x?$'
 
+--- @type string Class Quarto puts on the markdown-pipeline envelope elements
+local MARKDOWN_ENVELOPE_CLASS = 'quarto-markdown-envelope-contents'
+
 --- Validate a colour value as a hex code or CSS named colour.
 --- Returns the original value if valid, or nil if invalid.
 --- @param value string|nil The candidate colour value
@@ -1020,6 +1023,52 @@ local function process_link(elem)
   return elem
 end
 
+--- Skip the content of an inline markdown-pipeline entry.
+--- Quarto renders navigation hrefs and social metadata values as hidden inline
+--- snippets in such a span, then reads the rendered fragment back with
+--- `innerText` and puts the result in an attribute. A converted reference would
+--- add its badge text to that value.
+--- The same envelope also carries values that Quarto inserts with `innerHTML`,
+--- such as a navbar or sidebar title, a navigation entry text, an `about` link
+--- text, and a next or previous page title. A reference in those no longer
+--- converts. The two kinds cannot be told apart, because a navigation entry
+--- registers its text and its href under one identifier prefix, so the whole
+--- envelope is skipped.
+--- A `Div` with the same class is a block entry (page footer, margin and body
+--- header and footer, announcement). Quarto inserts those with `innerHTML` as
+--- well, and they are a separate envelope, so only spans are skipped.
+--- @param span pandoc.Span The span element to inspect
+--- @return pandoc.Span span The unchanged span
+--- @return boolean|nil descend False to stop traversal of the subtree
+local function skip_markdown_envelope(span)
+  if span.classes:includes(MARKDOWN_ENVELOPE_CLASS) then
+    return span, false
+  end
+  return span
+end
+
+--- Convert a string element and stop traversal of the result.
+--- Top-down traversal descends into a returned element, so without this a
+--- created link would have its own text converted a second time.
+--- @param elem pandoc.Str The string element to process
+--- @return pandoc.Str|pandoc.Link|pandoc.List The result of `process_gitlink`
+--- @return boolean descend Always false
+local function process_gitlink_topdown(elem)
+  return process_gitlink(elem), false
+end
+
+--- Turn element handlers into a top-down pass that skips envelope spans.
+--- Each pass needs its own prune point, because the passes that create links
+--- stay separate walks: `process_link` unwraps an autolink into a `Str` that the
+--- later `Str` pass has to convert.
+--- @param handlers table The element handlers for the pass
+--- @return table The filter table for the pass
+local function envelope_safe_pass(handlers)
+  handlers.traverse = 'topdown'
+  handlers.Span = skip_markdown_envelope
+  return handlers
+end
+
 --- Pandoc filter configuration
 --- Defines the order of filter execution:
 --- 1. Extract references from the document
@@ -1032,7 +1081,7 @@ return {
   { Pandoc = get_references },
   { Meta = get_repository },
   { Plain = process_inlines, Para = process_inlines },
-  { Link = process_link },
-  { Str = process_gitlink },
-  { Cite = process_mentions }
+  envelope_safe_pass({ Link = process_link }),
+  envelope_safe_pass({ Str = process_gitlink_topdown }),
+  envelope_safe_pass({ Cite = process_mentions })
 }

test/navbar-site/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.quarto/
+**/*.quarto_ipynb

test/navbar-site/_quarto.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+project:
+  type: website
+  # Transient copy of the extension so the filter resolves like a real
+  # installation; removed again after render. Entries run without a shell,
+  # so one command per line, and the copy is an idempotent overlay so no
+  # destructive command runs before the render.
+  pre-render:
+    - mkdir -p _extensions/gitlink
+    - cp -R ../../_extensions/gitlink/. _extensions/gitlink/
+  post-render:
+    - rm -rf _extensions
+
+website:
+  title: "Gitlink Navbar Test"
+  navbar:
+    search: true
+    left:
+      - text: Home
+        href: index.qmd
+      # Bare platform user URL: the href must survive the filter unchanged.
+      - text: "Profile"
+        href: "https://github.com/mcanouil"
+      # Two path segments and a query, so no pattern matches it.
+      - text: "Sponsor"
+        href: "https://github.com/sponsors/mcanouil?o=esb"
+      - text: About
+        href: about.qmd
+      # Known loss: a nav entry text and a nav entry href share one envelope,
+      # so this reference stays plain text instead of becoming a link.
+      - text: "Issue #1"
+        href: index.qmd
+    tools:
+      - icon: github
+        href: "https://github.com/mcanouil"
+        text: "GitHub"
+  open-graph: true
+  page-footer:
+    center: |
+      Footer references still convert: #1 and mcanouil/quarto-cli#2.
+
+format:
+  html:
+    theme:
+      light: flatly
+      dark: darkly
+
+filters:
+  - gitlink
+
+extensions:
+  gitlink:
+    platform: github
+    repository-name: mcanouil/quarto-gitlink

test/navbar-site/about.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+title: "About"
+description: "A description that holds a reference to #1, which Quarto puts in a meta tag."
+about:
+  template: jolla
+  links:
+    - icon: github
+      text: "Profile"
+      href: "https://github.com/mcanouil"
+---
+
+The `about` links and the social metadata go through the same inline snippets as a navigation entry.
+
+The `<meta property="og:description">` content must keep the plain text `#1`, without a platform badge.
+
+The link under the title must keep `https://github.com/mcanouil` as its target.
+Quarto never substitutes an `about` link target, because it registers the target under one key and reads it back under another, so this one guards against a future change rather than a past defect.
+
+The `<meta name="description">` tag is a separate case that this test does not cover.
+Pandoc builds it from the document metadata, not from an inline snippet, so it still takes the badge text.
+
+Body text still converts, so #1 is a link here.

test/navbar-site/check.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Render the navbar test site and check what the filter must and must not touch.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+site_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+quarto render "${site_dir}" >/dev/null
+
+index="${site_dir}/_site/index.html"
+about="${site_dir}/_site/about.html"
+failures=0
+
+report() {
+	local status="${1}" label="${2}"
+	printf '%-4s %s\n' "${status}" "${label}"
+	if [[ "${status}" == "FAIL" ]]; then
+		failures=$((failures + 1))
+	fi
+}
+
+expect_present() {
+	local label="${1}" file="${2}" text="${3}"
+	if grep -qF -- "${text}" "${file}"; then
+		report "ok" "${label}"
+	else
+		report "FAIL" "${label}"
+	fi
+}
+
+expect_absent() {
+	local label="${1}" file="${2}" text="${3}"
+	if grep -qF -- "${text}" "${file}"; then
+		report "FAIL" "${label}"
+	else
+		report "ok" "${label}"
+	fi
+}
+
+expect_count() {
+	local label="${1}" file="${2}" text="${3}" wanted="${4}" found
+	found="$({ grep -oF -- "${text}" "${file}" || true; } | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
+	if [[ "${found}" -ge "${wanted}" ]]; then
+		report "ok" "${label}"
+	else
+		report "FAIL" "${label} (found ${found}, wanted at least ${wanted})"
+	fi
+}
+
+# Targets that go through an inline markdown-pipeline entry keep their URL.
+expect_present "navbar item href" "${index}" \
+	'<a class="nav-link" href="https://github.com/mcanouil">'
+expect_present "navbar tool href" "${index}" \
+	'href="https://github.com/mcanouil" title="GitHub" class="quarto-navigation-tool'
+expect_present "about link href" "${about}" \
+	'<a href="https://github.com/mcanouil" class="about-link"'
+expect_present "og:description stays plain" "${about}" \
+	'property="og:description" content="A description that holds a reference to #1, which Quarto puts in a meta tag."'
+expect_absent "no link text used as a target" "${index}" 'href="@'
+expect_absent "no link text used as a target" "${about}" 'href="@'
+
+# Body content and block entries still convert.
+expect_count "body and footer references convert" "${index}" \
+	'href="https://github.com/mcanouil/quarto-gitlink/issues/1"' 2
+expect_present "reference converts on the about page" "${about}" \
+	'href="https://github.com/mcanouil/quarto-gitlink/issues/1"'
+
+# Known cost: a navigation entry text shares its envelope with the href.
+expect_present "navbar item text stays plain" "${index}" \
+	'<span class="menu-text">Issue #1</span>'
+
+if [[ "${failures}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+	printf '\n%d check(s) failed.\n' "${failures}" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+printf '\nAll checks passed.\n'

test/navbar-site/index.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+title: "Navbar href test: home"
+---
+
+This site checks that the filter does not rewrite the `href` of a navigation entry.
+
+The navbar has a "Profile" item and a `tools` entry whose `href` is `https://github.com/mcanouil`.
+Both must keep that URL.
+Before the fix, each one took the link text and the platform badge text joined together as its target, because Quarto reads the rendered snippet back with `innerText`.
+
+The "Sponsor" item points at `https://github.com/sponsors/mcanouil?o=esb`.
+It has two path segments and a query, so no pattern matches it, and it is a control for the other two.
+
+The "Issue #1" item shows the cost of the fix.
+A navigation entry registers its text and its href under one identifier prefix, so the text keeps its reference as plain text.
+
+Body text must still convert.
+The following are links: #1, mcanouil/quarto-cli#2, and <https://github.com/mcanouil>.
+
+The page footer holds references as well, and those must still convert, because Quarto inserts block entries with `innerHTML`.