Why is baseurl required not to be empty?

[marie-bnl]

(sorry for deleting the issue template it just doesn't fit here)

I have a zola project that builds an HTML that is never going to be a website. Basically I'll just open the html file locally. In that case, why can't I just have this in my config?

baseurl = ""

Of course I can put something random in the baseurl variable and it works, but it doesn't make much sense.

[Keats]

Well this is a static site generation tool and most sites have a URL. Some do not but they are the tiny minority and feeds will not work without a valid url.

Semi-duplicate of #2089 so closing.

[c-git]

@victorbnl

I also use a site that I generate locally and for that I use the path on my machine so that links are still correct for example file:///home/user/mysite/docs/. Some themes (like EasyDocs and abridge) also support links with the index.html on the end, which they call ugly urls, that will work instead of bringing you to the folder. Inter page links I still use the normal zola format because the verification that they are not broken is worth more to me than a relative link that would still work if I change to use a webserver.

PS. I use Firefox on linux not sure if it's different on other browsers or OS.

[marie-bnl]

Clever indeed, thank you.