Add a base-url flag to the build command

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - Defaults to compressed Sass output
 - Fix regression wrt co-located assets slug detecting
 - Rename `url` from page front-matter to `path` to be consistent
+- Add a `base-url` flag to the `build` command to override the URL from config.toml
 
 ## 0.1.3 (2017-08-31)
 

docs/content/documentation/getting-started/cli-usage.md

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ This will build the whole site in the `public` directory.
 $ gutenberg build
 ```
 
+You can override the config `base_url` by passing a new URL to the `base-url` flag.
+
+```bash
+$ gutenberg build --base-url https://59a896e2cf321c2dcfd2d6de--tera.netlify.com/
+```
+
 ## serve
 
 This will build and serve the site using a local server. You can also specify

src/cli.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub fn build_cli() -> App<'static, 'static> {
         )
         (@subcommand build =>
             (about: "Builds the site")
+            (@arg base_url: -u --base-url +takes_value "Force the base URL to be that value (default to the one in config.toml)")
         )
         (@subcommand serve =>
             (about: "Serve the site. Rebuild and reload on change automatically")

src/cmd/build.rs

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ use site::Site;
 
 use console;
 
-pub fn build(config_file: &str) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn build(config_file: &str, base_url: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     let mut site = Site::new(env::current_dir().unwrap(), config_file)?;
+    if let Some(b) = base_url {
+        site.config.base_url = b.to_string();
+    }
     site.load()?;
     console::notify_site_size(&site);
     console::warn_about_ignored_pages(&site);

src/main.rs

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ fn main() {
                 },
             };
         },
-        ("build", Some(_)) => {
+        ("build", Some(matches)) => {
             console::info("Building site...");
             let start = Instant::now();
-            match cmd::build(config_file) {
+            match cmd::build(config_file, matches.value_of("base_url")) {
                 Ok(()) => console::report_elapsed_time(start),
                 Err(e) => {
                     console::unravel_errors("Failed to build the site", &e);