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Document alias collision limitation and add context
- Added test documenting potential alias collision scenario when site_name matches generated alias pattern (site_name-SectionName) - Updated limitations.md with clear example and workaround - Created claude.md to preserve original prompts and design context 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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docs/limitations.md

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# Caveats / Known Design Decisions
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- In an included `mkdocs.yml`, you cannot have `!include`. It is only supported in the root `mkdocs.yml`
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- **Anchor-based inclusion alias collision risk**: When using anchor syntax (`!include path/to/mkdocs.yml#SectionName`), the generated alias follows the pattern `{site_name}-{SectionName}`. This can create a collision if you also include a separate `mkdocs.yml` file whose `site_name` exactly matches this generated alias.
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**Example collision scenario:**
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```yaml
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# File A: docs/team-a/mkdocs.yml
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site_name: MyDocs
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nav:
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- Guides:
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- Getting Started: getting-started.md
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# File B: docs/team-b/mkdocs.yml
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site_name: MyDocs-Guides
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nav:
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- Overview: overview.md
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# Root mkdocs.yml - This will cause a collision!
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nav:
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- Team A Guides: "!include docs/team-a/mkdocs.yml#Guides" # alias: "MyDocs-Guides"
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- Team B: "!include docs/team-b/mkdocs.yml" # alias: "MyDocs-Guides"
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```
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**Workaround:** Ensure your `site_name` values don't match the pattern `{OtherSiteName}-{SectionName}` when using anchor-based includes. The collision will be detected at build time with a clear error message listing all registered aliases.

mkdocs_monorepo_plugin/tests/test_plugin.py

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with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
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loader.read()
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loader.getNav()
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def test_alias_collision_detection(self):
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"""Test that alias collisions are properly detected.
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Known limitation: If a site_name matches another site's generated
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alias (site_name-SectionName), a collision occurs.
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Example collision scenario:
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- Site A: site_name="TestSite" with #Guides -> alias="TestSite-Guides"
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- Site B: site_name="TestSite-Guides" (no anchor) -> alias="TestSite-Guides"
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This test verifies that such collisions are detected and raise an error.
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"""
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# Create a second mkdocs file with a site_name that collides with
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# the generated alias from the first file
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collision_file = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "collision.yml")
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with open(collision_file, 'w') as f:
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f.write("""site_name: TestSite-Guides
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docs_dir: docs
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nav:
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- Home: index.md
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""")
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# Set up config with both includes - one with anchor, one without
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root_config = {
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"config_file_path": os.path.join(self.test_dir, "root.yml"),
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"docs_dir": os.path.join(self.test_dir, "docs"),
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"nav": [
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{"Section1": "!include mkdocs.yml#Guides"},
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{"Section2": "!include collision.yml"}
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]
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}
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# Create root mkdocs.yml
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with open(root_config["config_file_path"], 'w') as f:
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f.write("""site_name: Root
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docs_dir: docs
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nav:
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- Section1: "!include mkdocs.yml#Guides"
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- Section2: "!include collision.yml"
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""")
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# Verify the aliases would collide
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config1 = {"config_file_path": self.mkdocs_file}
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loader1 = IncludeNavLoader(config1, "mkdocs.yml#Guides")
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loader1.read()
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alias1 = loader1.getAlias()
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config2 = {"config_file_path": collision_file}
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loader2 = IncludeNavLoader(config2, "collision.yml")
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loader2.read()
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alias2 = loader2.getAlias()
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# Both should produce "TestSite-Guides"
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self.assertEqual(alias1, "TestSite-Guides")
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self.assertEqual(alias2, "TestSite-Guides")
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self.assertEqual(alias1, alias2) # Collision confirmed

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