make validate-yaml work from any dir

Author: m-reuter

_templates/publication-template.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Copy this template when adding a new publication to `_data/publications.yml`
   arxiv: '2401.12345'  # optional - arXiv ID
   doi: '10.1234/journal.2024.123456'  # strongly recommended
   pdf: 'https://journal.com/paper.pdf'  # or '/static/pub/lastname_year.pdf'
-  github: 'deep-mi/repository-name'  # optional - relative to github.com
+  github: 'deep-mi/repository-name'  # optional - format: org/repo (no leading slash)
   bibtex: '/static/pub/lastname_year.bib'
   links:  # optional - additional links
     - name: 'Project Website'
@@ -51,5 +51,7 @@ Copy this template when adding a new publication to `_data/publications.yml`
 - Always include DOI if available
 - Bold current and former lab members in author list
 - Keep image file size small (max 100KB)
+- GitHub format: `'deep-mi/repository-name'` (lowercase org, no leading slash)
+  - Rendered as: `https://github.com/deep-mi/repository-name`
 - Test that all file paths exist before committing
 

scripts/validate_yaml.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 require 'yaml'
 require 'date'
 
+# Get the project root directory (parent of scripts directory)
+PROJECT_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
+
 def validate_file(filepath)
   puts "Validating #{filepath}..."
 
@@ -41,8 +44,8 @@ def validate_members(data, filepath)
       end
     end
 
-    # Check if image file exists
-    image_path = File.join(File.dirname(__dir__), member['image'])
+    # Check if image file exists (resolve relative to project root)
+    image_path = File.expand_path(member['image'], PROJECT_ROOT)
     unless File.exist?(image_path)
       puts "  Warning: Image not found for #{member['name']}: #{member['image']}"
     end
@@ -80,12 +83,12 @@ def validate_publications(data, filepath)
       raise "Publication #{pub['id']} has invalid year: #{pub['year']}"
     end
 
-    # Check if files exist
+    # Check if files exist (resolve relative to project root)
     ['image', 'bibtex', 'pdf'].each do |file_field|
       next unless pub[file_field]
       next if pub[file_field].start_with?('http')
 
-      file_path = File.join(File.dirname(__dir__), pub[file_field])
+      file_path = File.expand_path(pub[file_field], PROJECT_ROOT)
       unless File.exist?(file_path)
         puts "  Warning: File not found for #{pub['id']}: #{pub[file_field]}"
       end
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ def validate_publications(data, filepath)
 # Main execution
 exit_code = 0
 
+# Change to project root directory to find _data files
+Dir.chdir(PROJECT_ROOT)
+
 Dir.glob('_data/*.yml').each do |file|
   unless validate_file(file)
     exit_code = 1