Non-content entry to a menu with a relative URL produces a rendering error

[abirger]

There is a bug in non-content menu implementation that results in a broken link to a file if a relative URL is used in a config file menu entry. For example, if the config.toml file looks as follows:

baseurl = "http://my_site.com"
CanonifyUrls = true
[[menu.extramedia]]
    name = "Presentation: Three Steps to Enrollment"
    url = "/media/enrollment-sessions.ppt"
    weight = -120
    identifier = "PowerPoint"

the rendered link to the .ppt file looks like

http://my_site.com/media/enrollment-sessions/index.ppt/

However, if the absolute URL is used instead of the relative one, the resulting URL is OK. i.e.

baseurl = "http://my_site.com"
CanonifyUrls = true
[[menu.extramedia]]
    name = "Presentation: Three Steps to Enrollment"
    url = "http://my_site.com/media/enrollment-sessions.ppt"
    weight = -120
    identifier = "PowerPoint"

renders to

http://my_site.com/media/enrollment-sessions.ppt/

Related thread in Hugo Discussion is here.

[bep]

@spf13 - I think I'm gonna remove the transformation of the menu urls. It is a slightly breaking change, but it was a bad idea in the first place. People are smart enough to get the URLs correct. Agree?

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