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Issue: Relative paths do not work #492

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opened 2026-10-05 02:50:00 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
adam commented 2026-10-05 02:50:00 +02:00
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Describe the bug
I use https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/assets/ and place my cover/preview images next to the articles in content dir.
Only images specified without leading ./ work in frontmatter cms but unfortunately break in astro.

Another useful thing that's broken due to relative paths not working would be the ability to place frontmatter.json in a subdir of astro like src/content/_frontmatter/frontmatter.json and reference ../articles (src/content/articles) in the json config.

Why would I want to do that? Well I broke out my astro content dir (src/content) into a submodule, alongside assets (src/content/articles/_assets), but having src/content/frontmatter.json breaks astro. The only way around it would be to either make front matter cms recognize _frontmatter.json which I'm not sure how to feel about, or and be able to place frontmatter.json and .frontmatter in a dir with leading underscore, like src/content/_frontmatter, meaning content dir can truly live away from the source code and still work 100% with front matter cms, yet nothing will be broken. Currently creating a new article in parent dir works, but nothing turns up in the dashboard.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Place frontmatter.json in a subdir and prepend content dir with ../
  2. Create article. It'll work.
  3. View dashboard. It'll be empty.

Expected behavior
Relative paths in frontmatter.json should be resolved for listing too, so the config can be placed levels deep and still be able to reference content dirs by traversing levels up parent dir, and relative preview image paths should equally be resolved: ./abc.jpg should behave exactly as abc.jpg.

Could be I missed something in the docs. If that's the case, please enlighten me.

**Describe the bug** I use [https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/assets/](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/assets/) and place my cover/preview images next to the articles in `content` dir. Only images specified without leading `./` work in frontmatter cms but unfortunately break in astro. Another useful thing that's broken due to relative paths not working would be the ability to place `frontmatter.json` in a subdir of astro like `src/content/_frontmatter/frontmatter.json` and reference `../articles` (`src/content/articles`) in the json config. Why would I want to do that? Well I broke out my astro content dir (`src/content`) into a submodule, alongside assets (`src/content/articles/_assets`), but having `src/content/frontmatter.json` breaks astro. The only way around it would be to either make front matter cms recognize `_frontmatter.json` which I'm not sure how to feel about, or and be able to place `frontmatter.json` and `.frontmatter` in a dir with leading underscore, like `src/content/_frontmatter`, meaning content dir can truly live away from the source code and still work 100% with front matter cms, yet nothing will be broken. Currently creating a new article in parent dir works, but nothing turns up in the dashboard. **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Place frontmatter.json in a subdir and prepend content dir with `../` 2. Create article. It'll work. 3. View dashboard. It'll be empty. **Expected behavior** Relative paths in `frontmatter.json` should be resolved for listing too, so the config can be placed levels deep and still be able to reference content dirs by traversing levels up parent dir, and relative preview image paths should equally be resolved: `./abc.jpg` should behave exactly as `abc.jpg`. Could be I missed something in the docs. If that's the case, please enlighten me. <!-- github-sync-id:1855466066 -->
adam closed this issue 2026-10-05 02:50:00 +02:00
adam commented 2026-10-05 02:50:01 +02:00
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Switched to beta and relative images started loading. Closing since I can make a different repo and just add the content submodule there.

Switched to beta and relative images started loading. Closing since I can make a different repo and just add the content submodule there. <!-- github-comment-id:1682856142 -->
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Reference: adam/vscode-front-matter#492