[FEAT] GitLab IDE: Different BookRepo for edit this page link

[alwinw]

Great template! I'm using this on GitLab pages, and I'm hoping to change the Edit this page link to use the GitLab IDE instead of the normal edit file webpage for a richer user experience.

• https://gitlab.com/group/repo/-/blob/main/content/get-started/page.md: Example page
• https://gitlab.com/group/repo/-/edit/main/content/get-started/page.md: Edit example page
• https://gitlab.com/-/ide/project/group/repo/edit/main/-/content/get-started/page.md: Edit example page in web IDE

I understand that I can set BookEditPath: edit/main to get functionality edit a single page, but is there a way I can add -/ide/project between gitlab.com and group/repo for web IDE functionality? Ideally, without changing BookRepo: https://gitlab.com/group/repo as I'm using this for the last modified and edit this page links.

If this is a new piece of functionality required, I'd be happy to try work on it myself and open a PR if you can please give me some guidance on what the new configuration parameter should be called.

Thanks!

[alex-shpak]

Hi!
Well, as a hack, BookRepo variable is only used to generate edit URL to the page.
so you can try setting BookRepo: https://gitlab.com/-ide/....

[alwinw]

I've given it a go, but (apologies if it wasn't clear before) it changes the last modified link as well. Changing BookRepo to include gitlab.com/-ide/... also changes the last modified link to https://gitlab.com/-/ide/project/group/repo/commit/hash which doesn't resolve correctly.

[alex-shpak]

Ah, I forgot about that one,
well, footer layout will need to be changed to achieve that.

perhaps we can have templatable value 🤔
like https://domain.com/blahlblah/{{ .Page }} or something similar

[alex-shpak]

Unfortunately that will be a backward incompatible change, so need to be careful here.

[MAHDTech]

What about the creation of a new variable, and then any of this special config could be applied in that case.

Then default it to have the same behavior as now for backwards compatibility.

BookEditType: default

BookEditType: gitlab

BookEditType: gitlab-ide

BookEditType: github

BookEditType: bitbucket