livereload.js does not load when using an alternative base path

[witchof0x20]

Bug Report

I am locally testing a zola project using
zola serve --base-url http://localhost/project

This is to mimic how github pages lays out a subdirectory, so I can make sure my links are robust to being on a subdirectory.

However, when serving, zola injects <script src="/livereload.js?port=1024&amp;mindelay=10"></script></body>

because this isn't under the base path, this script fails to load.

I think the fix is just adding the base url to the format string here: https://github.com/getzola/zola/blob/master/components/site/src/lib.rs#L576

Environment

Zola version: 0.19.2

Expected Behavior

livereload.js loads properly

Current Behavior

GET http://localhost:1111/livereload.js 404s

Step to reproduce

zola serve --base-url http://localhost/project

[harrymkt]

<script src="{{ get_url(path = "livereload.js") }}?port=1024&amp;mindelay=10"></script></body>

[witchof0x20]

I could probably hack that in, but it seems like a pretty small codechange to fix it in Zola itself.

[Keats]

I think that's fine to do a PR to add that to the next branch

[harrymkt]

@witchof0x20 I could probably hack that in, but it seems like a pretty small codechange to fix it in Zola itself.

No, because some may want to reference the functions from the main website, for example, say:

web is the main website, and subweb is the subfolder in it, like GitHub pages.

And then user places the functions.js in the main website (web), and reference in the subweb using /functions.js, thereby the JS is fetched from the main repository, no need to copy over.

Of course if this option would be implemented, a config option to turn this off will need to be advised alongside that one.

[karamfd]

The zola serve command stopped working for me as well when making changes to static pages locally.

The pages do not automatically update and I have to restart the server each time I make a new change.

I'm using zola 0.19.2 on Mac OS Sequoia 15.2