Scaladoc: support setting canonical URLs#7834
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Introduces a new command line flag for Scaladoc to configure a base URL for generation of canonical URLs on all pages. Canonical URLs intend to help search engines to identify the most relevant/recent version of a page when several versions are available. References [Google Support: Consolidate duplicate URLs](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139066?hl=en) [Blog: Google’s Algorithms Can Ignore Rel Canonical When URLs Contain Different Content.](https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/google-ignore-rel-canonical-different-content/) Fixes scala/bug#10640
adriaanm
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Mar 8, 2019
| val canonicalLink = if (canonicalSetting.isSetByUser) { | ||
| val canonicalUrl = | ||
| if (canonicalSetting.value.endsWith("/")) canonicalSetting.value | ||
| else canonicalSetting.value + "/" |
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is this normalization to end with a "/" always desired?
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The path to the actual page gets appended, so yes.
https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/7834/files#diff-789c4c9e5fea2476bc65c256a0449572R53
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@ennru Is this one ready to go? Can it be backported to |
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Yes, this is ready to be merged. If there are not other comments. |
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Sorry about the delay, this is fine to merge for the RC cycle. |
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Introduces a new command line flag for Scaladoc to configure a base URL for generation of canonical URLs on all pages.
Canonical URLs intend to help search engines to identify the most relevant/recent version of a page when several versions are available.
References
Google Support: Consolidate duplicate URLs
Blog: Google’s Algorithms Can Ignore Rel Canonical When URLs Contain Different Content.
Fixes scala/bug#10640