Bookdown generates an index file with a name based on chapter title instead of “index.html” when knitted

[tkutsar]

Hey all!

I am compiling a long report into a html document with Bookdown and didn't have any problems knitting it with bookdown::gitbook until recently. Not sure what happened.

The code runs without errors, all the plots and files are generated as needed, but the index.rmd is generated into an .html file named after the first heading's id ("chapter00.html"), rather than "index.html". This means the website does not work when uploaded to Github.

Everything works great if the file name is manually changed to "index.html".

my index.Rmd is as follows:

--- 
title: "Eesti inimarengu aruanne 2019"
author: "Eesti Koostöö Kogu"
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
documentclass: book
bibliography: [bibliography/bib_chapter23.bib, bibliography/bib_chapterXY.bib]
biblio-style: authoryear
biblatexoptions: [refsegment=chapter]
csl: keel-ja-kirjandus.csl
link-citations: yes
description: "Eesti inimarengu aruanne 2019"
css: eia.css
lang: et
---

# Sissejuhatus {-#chapter00 .chapter_section .intro_section}

_bookdown.yml file is as follows:

book_filename: "EIA_2019_digi"
language:
  label:
    fig: 'Joonis '
    tab: 'Tabel '
    eq: 'Valem '
  ui:
    chapter_name: ""
delete_merged_file: true

_output.yml is as follows:

bookdown::gitbook:
  split_by: section
  split_bib: yes
  config:
    toc:
      collapse: subsection
      scroll_highlight: yes
      before: null
      after: null
      toolbar:
      position: fixed
      edit : null
      download: null
      search: yes
    sharing:
      facebook: no
      twitter: no
      google: no
      linkedin: no
      weibo: no
      instapaper: no
      vk: no
      all: ['facebook', 'google', 'twitter', 'linkedin', 'weibo', 'instapaper']
bookdown::pdf_book:
  includes:
    in_header: preamble.tex
  latex_engine: xelatex
  citation_package: natbib
  keep_tex: yes
bookdown::epub_book: default

Any insights about what may be the cause of the problem? Thanks!

[nwerth]

I couldn't help but notice that you recently posted a very similar question on StackOverflow: r - Bookdown generates index file with a chapter title instead of "index.html" when knitted - Stack Overflow

The current way you've done this is generally considered not-OK

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[tkutsar]

Thank you for the comment and the reference to the FAQ. Will keep that in mind in the future.