From 3d592b1574d7b687e12d71ff82b8a6be2cf6fc5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jane Chu <7559015+janechu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:24:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: replace relative paths with absolute paths when README
 files are converted

---
 .../build/convert-readme.js                     | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sites/fast-component-explorer/build/convert-readme.js b/sites/fast-component-explorer/build/convert-readme.js
index 92c2e533699..b041421d320 100644
--- a/sites/fast-component-explorer/build/convert-readme.js
+++ b/sites/fast-component-explorer/build/convert-readme.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const MarkdownIt = require("markdown-it");
 
 const srcDir = "../../packages/web-components/fast-components/src/**/README.md";
+// TODO: update this when the repository is renamed
+const webComponentWorkspacePath =
+    "https://github.com/microsoft/fast-dna/tree/master/packages/web-components/";
 
 /**
  * Start and end file strings
@@ -33,6 +36,18 @@ const md = new MarkdownIt({
     xhtmlOut: true,
 });
 
+/**
+ * Function to determine the correct href path if
+ * it uses a relative path
+ */
+function normalizeLink() {
+    return `href="${webComponentWorkspacePath}`;
+}
+
+function normalizeMarkdown(markdown) {
+    return markdown.replace(/href="\.\.\/\.\.\/\.\.\//gm, normalizeLink);
+}
+
 /**
  * Function to create string exports of a given path
  */
@@ -48,7 +63,7 @@ const md = new MarkdownIt({
             const componentFolderName = pathSegments[pathSegments.length - 2];
 
             if (markdown.length !== 0) {
-                guidance += md.render(markdown);
+                guidance += normalizeMarkdown(md.render(markdown));
             } else {
                 guidance += emptyFile;
             }