From 8ee38115f2b0755cdb8251a1e29980db99d88cfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Roe <daniel@roe.dev>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:52:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20try=20rendering=20`/index.md/index.html`?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20=F0=9F=A4=94?=
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---
 modules/md-rewrite.ts | 13 +++++--------
 nuxt.config.ts        |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/md-rewrite.ts b/modules/md-rewrite.ts
index c928b569..f3cc189e 100644
--- a/modules/md-rewrite.ts
+++ b/modules/md-rewrite.ts
@@ -18,21 +18,18 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
         const vcJSON = resolve(nitro.options.output.dir, 'config.json')
         const vcConfig = JSON.parse(await readFile(vcJSON, 'utf8'))
 
-        // Redirect Accept: text/markdown requests to the .md
-        // version. A redirect gives the markdown response its own URL and
-        // therefore its own edge cache key, so a markdown-accepting client
-        // can't poison the HTML cache entry for the bare URL.
+        // Rewrite requests with Accept: text/markdown to the .md version
         // The home page needs special handling: / -> /index.md
         vcConfig.routes.unshift({
           src: '^/$',
-          status: 302,
-          headers: { Location: '/index.md' },
+          dest: '/index.md',
           has: [{ type: 'header', key: 'accept', value: '(.*)text/markdown(.*)' }],
+          check: true,
         }, {
           src: '^/(.+?)/?$',
-          status: 302,
-          headers: { Location: '/$1.md' },
+          dest: '/$1.md',
           has: [{ type: 'header', key: 'accept', value: '(.*)text/markdown(.*)' }],
+          check: true,
         })
 
         await writeFile(vcJSON, JSON.stringify(vcConfig, null, 2), 'utf8')
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 0b013dac..878ed10a 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     },
     hooks: {
       'prerender:generate' (route) {
-        if (route.fileName)
+        if (route.fileName && route.route !== '/index.md')
           route.fileName = route.fileName.replace(
             /(\.\w{2,3})\/index.html$/,
             '$1',
-- 
2.54.0