[SOLVED] GitHub - How to reference a file that is deep in a directory?

slaccware · 06-12-2024, 05:05 PM

I have an HTML file on my GitHub repository that is located within a sub-directory within a sub-directory. In this file, I need to reference a favicon that is located close to the root of the repository.

At the moment my code looks like this:

Code:

<link href="../../../img/favicon.ico">

This works, but I'm wondering if there is a simpler way to do this. I've tried

Code:

~/img/favicon.ico

but that doesn't seem to work.

slaccware · 06-12-2024, 05:13 PM

Appologies, posted in the wrong forum. Meant to post in Non-*nix general.

astrogeek · 06-12-2024, 05:23 PM

You should use the Report button to request this thread be moved (perhaps Programming would be a better choice).

Assuming the img/ directory is at the server root (and I am not certain what Github considers server root), this should do:

Code:

/img/favicon.ico

The web server has no concept of your home directory so the leading ~/ means nothing useful in this context.

And welcome to LQ!

dugan · 06-12-2024, 05:47 PM

There's no way to pull it off without either programming (an application is serving up the favicon) or configuration (an actual web server like Apache is).