diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index fd5834491..6b688f8c1 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -644,7 +644,9 @@ header when requesting a document from a URL:
files specified later on the command line will be preferred
over those specified in earlier files. Metadata values
specified inside the document, or by using `-M`, overwrite
- values specified with this option.
+ values specified with this option. The file will be searched
+ for first in the working directory, and then in the `metadata`
+ subdirectory of the user data directory (see `--data-dir`).
`-p`, `--preserve-tabs`
@@ -1512,6 +1514,7 @@ Nonzero exit codes have the following meanings:
93 PandocIpynbDecodingError
94 PandocUnsupportedCharsetError
97 PandocCouldNotFindDataFileError
+ 98 PandocCouldNotFindMetadataFileError
99 PandocResourceNotFound
----- ------------------------------------
diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 134c31fc1..851df99d9 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ extra-source-files:
test/command/3510-export.latex
test/command/3510-src.hs
test/command/3971b.tex
+ test/command/5876.yaml
+ test/command/5876/metadata/5876.yaml
+ test/command/5876/metadata/command/5876.yaml
test/docbook-chapter.docbook
test/docbook-reader.docbook
test/docbook-xref.docbook
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/App.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/App.hs
index 3ddc4c761..b17fdd178 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/App.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/App.hs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ convertWithOpts opts = do
case optMetadataFiles opts of
[] -> return mempty
paths -> mconcat <$>
- mapM (\path -> do raw <- readFileStrict path
+ mapM (\path -> do raw <- readMetadataFile path
yamlToMeta readerOpts (Just path) raw) paths
let transforms = (case optShiftHeadingLevelBy opts of
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Class/PandocMonad.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Class/PandocMonad.hs
index c15ce6444..144a13ba4 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Class/PandocMonad.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Class/PandocMonad.hs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ module Text.Pandoc.Class.PandocMonad
, getResourcePath
, readDefaultDataFile
, readDataFile
+ , readMetadataFile
, fillMediaBag
, toLang
, setTranslations
@@ -586,6 +587,25 @@ readDataFile fname = do
then readFileStrict (userDir </> fname)
else readDefaultDataFile fname
+-- | Read metadata file from the working directory or, if not found there, from
+-- the metadata subdirectory of the user data directory.
+readMetadataFile :: PandocMonad m => FilePath -> m B.ByteString
+readMetadataFile fname = do
+ existsInWorkingDir <- fileExists fname
+ if existsInWorkingDir
+ then readFileStrict fname
+ else do
+ dataDir <- getUserDataDir
+ case dataDir of
+ Nothing ->
+ throwError $ PandocCouldNotFindMetadataFileError $ T.pack fname
+ Just userDir -> do
+ let path = userDir </> "metadata" </> fname
+ existsInUserDir <- fileExists path
+ if existsInUserDir
+ then readFileStrict path
+ else throwError $ PandocCouldNotFindMetadataFileError $ T.pack fname
+
-- | Read file from from the default data files.
readDefaultDataFile :: PandocMonad m => FilePath -> m B.ByteString
readDefaultDataFile "reference.docx" =
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs
index 684a6a884..3e2479d61 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ data PandocError = PandocIOError Text IOError
| PandocFilterError Text Text
| PandocLuaError Text
| PandocCouldNotFindDataFileError Text
+ | PandocCouldNotFindMetadataFileError Text
| PandocResourceNotFound Text
| PandocTemplateError Text
| PandocAppError Text
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ renderError e =
PandocLuaError msg -> "Error running Lua:\n" <> msg
PandocCouldNotFindDataFileError fn ->
"Could not find data file " <> fn
+ PandocCouldNotFindMetadataFileError fn ->
+ "Could not find metadata file " <> fn
PandocResourceNotFound fn ->
"File " <> fn <> " not found in resource path"
PandocTemplateError s -> "Error compiling template " <> s
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ handleError (Left e) =
PandocIpynbDecodingError{} -> 93
PandocUnsupportedCharsetError{} -> 94
PandocCouldNotFindDataFileError{} -> 97
+ PandocCouldNotFindMetadataFileError{} -> 98
PandocResourceNotFound{} -> 99
err :: Int -> Text -> IO a
diff --git a/test/command/5876.md b/test/command/5876.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7671a89cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/5876.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+```
+% pandoc -s -t native --data-dir=command/5876 --metadata-file=5876.yaml
+Hello
+^D
+Pandoc
+ Meta
+ { unMeta =
+ fromList
+ [ ( "desc"
+ , MetaInlines
+ [ Str "Found"
+ , Space
+ , Str "in"
+ , Space
+ , Str "metadata"
+ , Space
+ , Str "directory."
+ ]
+ )
+ ]
+ }
+ [ Para [ Str "Hello" ] ]
+```
+```
+% pandoc -s -t native --data-dir=command/5876 --metadata-file=command/5876.yaml
+Hello
+^D
+Pandoc
+ Meta
+ { unMeta =
+ fromList
+ [ ( "desc"
+ , MetaInlines
+ [ Str "Found"
+ , Space
+ , Str "in"
+ , Space
+ , Str "working"
+ , Space
+ , Str "directory."
+ ]
+ )
+ ]
+ }
+ [ Para [ Str "Hello" ] ]
+```
+```
+% pandoc -s -t native --data-dir=command/5876 --metadata-file=does-not-exist.yaml
+Hello
+^D
+Could not find metadata file does-not-exist.yaml
+```
+```
+% pandoc -s -t native --metadata-file=does-not-exist.yaml
+Hello
+^D
+Could not find metadata file does-not-exist.yaml
+```
diff --git a/test/command/5876.yaml b/test/command/5876.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e6604922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/5876.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+desc: Found in working directory.
+---
diff --git a/test/command/5876/metadata/5876.yaml b/test/command/5876/metadata/5876.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d52de910f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/5876/metadata/5876.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+desc: Found in metadata directory.
+---
diff --git a/test/command/5876/metadata/command/5876.yaml b/test/command/5876/metadata/command/5876.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb46d51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/5876/metadata/command/5876.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+desc: Should not be loaded.
+---