rebase_relative_paths: leave empty paths unchanged.

MANUAL.txt

@@ -5081,8 +5081,8 @@ Without this extension, you would have to use
 `![image](chap2/spider.jpg)` in `chap2/text.md`.  Links with
 relative paths will be rewritten in the same way as images.
 
-Absolute paths and URLs are not changed.  Neither are paths
-consisting entirely of a fragment, e.g. `[section one](#foo)`.
+Absolute paths and URLs are not changed.  Neither are empty
+paths or paths consisting entirely of a fragment, e.g., `#foo`.
 
 Note that relative paths in reference links and images will
 be rewritten relative to the file containing the link

src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs

@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ rebasePath :: SourcePos -> Text -> Text
 rebasePath pos path = do
   let fp = sourceName pos
       isFragment = T.take 1 path == "#"
-   in if isFragment || isAbsolute (T.unpack path) || isURI path
+   in if T.null path || isFragment || isAbsolute (T.unpack path) || isURI path
          then path
          else
            case takeDirectory fp of

test/command/3752.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Absolute path left alone: absolute.
 
 Link to fragment: chapter two.
 
+Empty path: empty.
+
 Chapter two
 
 A spider: [spider]
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ A spider: [spider]
 <p>URL left alone: <a href="https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html">manual</a>.</p>
 <p>Absolute path left alone: <a href="/foo/bar/baz.png">absolute</a>.</p>
 <p>Link to fragment: <a href="#chapter-two">chapter two</a>.</p>
+<p>Empty path: <a href="">empty</a>.</p>
 <h1 id="chapter-two">Chapter two</h1>
 <p>A spider: <img src="command/chap2/spider.png" alt="spider" /></p>
 ```

test/command/chap1/text.md

@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ URL left alone: [manual](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html).
 Absolute path left alone: [absolute](/foo/bar/baz.png).
 
 Link to fragment: [chapter two](#chapter-two).
+
+Empty path: [empty]().