[BUG] ERR_INVALID_URL when running "merge-markdown -m .\manifest.yml" on Windows 10.

[futuremotiondev]

Here are my commands and output from merge-markdown:

merge-markdown -c "D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted"
YAML file successfully created: D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\manifest.yml

merge-markdown -m .\manifest.yml

Using: .\manifest.yml
--D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted\extension-anatomy.md--
TypeError: Invalid URL
    at new URL (node:internal/url:819:25)
    at linkcheck (C:\Users\futur\AppData\Local\nvm\v23.11.0\node_modules\@knennigtri\merge-markdown\dist\merge.js:387:14)
    at C:\Users\futur\AppData\Local\nvm\v23.11.0\node_modules\@knennigtri\merge-markdown\dist\merge.js:83:7
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Object.start (C:\Users\futur\AppData\Local\nvm\v23.11.0\node_modules\@knennigtri\merge-markdown\dist\merge.js:56:35)
    at Object.run (C:\Users\futur\AppData\Local\nvm\v23.11.0\node_modules\@knennigtri\merge-markdown\dist\cli.js:106:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\futur\AppData\Local\nvm\v23.11.0\node_modules\@knennigtri\merge-markdown\bin\global.js:12:11)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1734:14)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1899:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1469:32) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_URL',
  input: '.\\file:\\D:\\Dev\\VSCode\\ref\\api\\01GetStarted'
}

The folder "D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted" contains three markdown documents:

• your-first-extension.md
• extension-anatomy.md
• wrapping-up.md

And an images folder with the structure:

• D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted\images\your-first-extension\
• D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted\images\your-first-extension\debug.mp4
• D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted\images\your-first-extension\launch.mp4
• D:\Dev\VSCode\ref\api\01GetStarted\images\your-first-extension\reload.mp4

Here is a zip of the exact yml manifest and the folder with all of the .md files and images:

01GetStartedBook.zip

Not sure what's causing the error. Hopefully it's something stupid as I really need to merge a bunch of md files.

[knennigtri]

it looks like you've added an absolute path to the input... rather than a relative one. That shouldn't break it, but the message seems to imply that it does. here's what I would try-- Update your input/output to have relative paths:

input:
  01GetStarted\extension-anatomy.md:
    replace:
      \[#\]: 0
  01GetStarted\wrapping-up.md:
    replace:
      \[#\]: 1
  01GetStarted\your-first-extension.md:
    replace:
      \[#\]: 2
output:
  name: 01GetStarted\target\mergedFile.md

Then, make sure to cd to the location of the manifest file and run

merge-markdown -m .\manifest.yml

[futuremotiondev]

I don't mean to be demanding, but could you possibly include the functionalty to process absolute paths? I appreciate the help!