new --append-index-html to dev w/o server

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/upd8.js b/src/upd8.js
index b31505d..c9fc1d8 100755
--- a/src/upd8.js
+++ b/src/upd8.js
@@ -2233,12 +2233,20 @@ async function main() {
             type: 'flag'
         },
 
-        // Only want 8uild one language during testing? This can chop down
+        // Only want to 8uild one language during testing? This can chop down
         // 8uild times a pretty 8ig chunk! Just pass a single language code.
         'lang': {
             type: 'value'
         },
 
+        // Working without a dev server and just using file:// URLs in your we8
+        // 8rowser? This will automatically append index.html to links across
+        // the site. Not recommended for production, since it isn't guaranteed
+        // 100% error-free (and index.html-style links are less pretty anyway).
+        'append-index-html': {
+            type: 'flag'
+        },
+
         'queue-size': {
             type: 'value',
             validate(size) {
@@ -2275,6 +2283,12 @@ async function main() {
         }
     }
 
+    const appendIndexHTML = miscOptions['append-index-html'] ?? false;
+    if (appendIndexHTML) {
+        logWarn`Appending index.html to link hrefs. (Note: not recommended for production release!)`;
+        unbound_link.globalOptions.appendIndexHTML = true;
+    }
+
     const skipThumbs = miscOptions['skip-thumbs'] ?? false;
     const thumbsOnly = miscOptions['thumbs-only'] ?? false;