feat(nextra/docs/blog): allow import .md/.mdx as well

.changeset/spicy-swans-check.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'nextra': patch
+'nextra-theme-blog': patch
+'nextra-theme-docs': patch
+---
+
+feat(nextra/docs/blog): allow import `.md`/`.mdx` as well

examples/swr-site/components/external.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import Callout from 'nextra-theme-docs/callout'
+
+<Callout type="info" emoji="💣">
+  This `<Callout />` comes from `external.mdx`
+</Callout>

examples/swr-site/pages/docs/advanced/markdown-import.en-US.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import External from '../../../components/external.mdx'
+import IndexPage from '../../index.en-US.mdx'
+
+# Markdown import
+
+## Import of markdown file
+
+```mdx
+import External from '../../../components/external.mdx'
+
+<External />
+```
+
+<External />
+
+## Import of another page
+
+You can also import complete pages:
+
+```mdx filename="not-index.md"
+import IndexPage from '../../index.en-US.mdx'
+
+<IndexPage />
+```
+
+<IndexPage />

examples/swr-site/pages/docs/advanced/meta.en-US.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "cache": "Cache",
   "performance": "Performance",
   "react-native": "React Native",
+  "markdown-import": "Markdown import",
   "more": "More: A Super Super Super Super Long Directory",
   "file-name.with.DOTS": "Filenames with dots"
 }

packages/nextra-theme-blog/src/index.tsx

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import getTags from './utils/get-tags'
 import sortDate from './utils/sort-date'
 import type { PageMapItem, PageOpt } from 'nextra'
 import type { NextraBlogTheme } from './types'
-const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 // comments
 const Cusdis = dynamic(
   // @ts-ignore
@@ -220,27 +219,13 @@ const createLayout = (opts: PageOpt, _config: NextraBlogTheme) => {
     },
     _config
   )
-  let layoutUsed = false
-  const Page = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactChildren }) => {
-    if (!layoutUsed && isProduction) {
-      throw new Error(
-        '[Nextra] Please add the `getLayout` logic to your _app.js, see https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/layouts#per-page-layouts.'
-      )
-    }
-    return children
-  }
-  const Layout = (page: React.ReactChildren) => {
-    layoutUsed = true
-    return (
-      <ThemeProvider
-        attribute="class"
-        defaultTheme="system"
-        enableSystem={true}
-      >
-        <BlogLayout config={config} contentNodes={page} opts={opts} />
-      </ThemeProvider>
-    )
-  }
+
+  const Page = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactChildren }) => children
+  const Layout = (page: React.ReactChildren) => (
+    <ThemeProvider attribute="class" defaultTheme="system" enableSystem>
+      <BlogLayout config={config} contentNodes={page} opts={opts} />
+    </ThemeProvider>
+  )
   Page.getLayout = Layout
   return Page
 }

packages/nextra-theme-docs/src/index.tsx

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import './polyfill'
 import Breadcrumb from './breadcrumb'
 import renderComponent from './utils/render-component'
 
-const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
-
 function useDirectoryInfo(pageMap: PageMapItem[]) {
   const { locale, defaultLocale, asPath } = useRouter()
 
@@ -258,18 +256,10 @@ interface DocsLayoutProps extends PageOpt {
 }
 const createLayout = (opts: DocsLayoutProps, _config: DocsThemeConfig) => {
   const extendedConfig = Object.assign({}, defaultConfig, _config, opts)
-  let layoutUsed = false
-  const Page = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactChildren }) => {
-    if (!layoutUsed && isProduction) {
-      throw new Error(
-        '[Nextra] Please add the `getLayout` logic to your _app.js, see https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/layouts#per-page-layouts.'
-      )
-    }
-    return children
-  }
-  Page.getLayout = (page: any) => {
-    layoutUsed = true
-    return (
+
+  const Page = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactChildren }) => children
+
+  Page.getLayout = (page: any) => (
       <ThemeConfigContext.Provider value={extendedConfig}>
         <ThemeProvider
           attribute="class"
@@ -284,7 +274,7 @@ const createLayout = (opts: DocsLayoutProps, _config: DocsThemeConfig) => {
         </ThemeProvider>
       </ThemeConfigContext.Provider>
     )
-  }
+
   return Page
 }
 

packages/nextra/__test__/__snapshots__/page-map.test.ts.snap

@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ exports[`Page Process > pageMap en-US 1`] = `
               "name": "file-name.with.DOTS",
               "route": "/docs/advanced/file-name.with.DOTS",
             },
+            {
+              "locale": "en-US",
+              "name": "markdown-import",
+              "route": "/docs/advanced/markdown-import",
+            },
             {
               "locale": "en-US",
               "meta": {
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ exports[`Page Process > pageMap en-US 1`] = `
                 },
                 "cache": "Cache",
                 "file-name.with.DOTS": "Filenames with dots",
+                "markdown-import": "Markdown import",
                 "more": "More: A Super Super Super Super Long Directory",
                 "performance": "Performance",
                 "react-native": "React Native",
@@ -434,6 +440,11 @@ exports[`Page Process > pageMap zh-CN 1`] = `
               "name": "react-native",
               "route": "/docs/advanced/react-native",
             },
+            {
+              "locale": "en-US",
+              "name": "markdown-import",
+              "route": "/docs/advanced/markdown-import",
+            },
           ],
           "name": "advanced",
           "route": "/docs/advanced",

packages/nextra/src/loader.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { addPage } from './content-dump'
 import { parseFileName } from './utils'
 import { compileMdx } from './compile'
 import { getPageMap, findPagesDir } from './page-map'
-import { collectFiles } from './plugin'
+import { collectFiles, collectMdx } from './plugin'
 import { MARKDOWN_EXTENSION_REGEX, IS_PRODUCTION } from './constants'
 
 // TODO: create this as a webpack plugin.
@@ -67,18 +67,20 @@ async function loader(
     ? pageMapCache.get()!
     : await collectFiles(pagesDir, '/')
 
+  // mdx is imported but is outside the `pages` directory
+  if (!fileMap[resourcePath]) {
+    fileMap[resourcePath] = await collectMdx(resourcePath)
+    context.addMissingDependency(resourcePath)
+  }
+
   const [pageMap, route, title] = getPageMap(
     resourcePath,
     pageMapResult,
     fileMap,
     defaultLocale
   )
 
-  if (!IS_PRODUCTION) {
-    // Add the entire directory `pages` as the dependency
-    // so we can generate the correct page map.
-    context.addContextDependency(pagesDir)
-  } else {
+  if (IS_PRODUCTION) {
     // We only add meta files as dependencies for production build,
     // so we can do incremental builds.
     Object.entries(fileMap).forEach(([filePath, { name, meta, locale }]) => {
@@ -90,6 +92,10 @@ async function loader(
         context.addDependency(filePath)
       }
     })
+  } else {
+    // Add the entire directory `pages` as the dependency,
+    // so we can generate the correct page map.
+    context.addContextDependency(pagesDir)
   }
 
   // Extract frontMatter information if it exists

packages/nextra/src/plugin.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ import { MARKDOWN_EXTENSION_REGEX } from './constants'
 const readdir = promisify(fs.readdir)
 const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile)
 
+export const collectMdx = async (filePath: string, route = '') => {
+  const { name, locale } = parseFileName(filePath)
+
+  const content = await readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
+  const { data } = grayMatter(content)
+  return {
+    name,
+    route,
+    locale,
+    ...(Object.keys(data).length && { frontMatter: data })
+  }
+}
+
 export async function collectFiles(
   dir: string,
   route = '/',
@@ -24,33 +37,26 @@ export async function collectFiles(
     await Promise.all(
       files.map(async f => {
         const filePath = path.resolve(dir, f.name)
-        const { name, locale, ext } = parseFileName(f.name)
+        const { name, locale, ext } = parseFileName(filePath)
         const fileRoute = slash(path.join(route, name.replace(/^index$/, '')))
 
         if (f.isDirectory()) {
-          if (fileRoute === '/api') return null
-          const { items: children } = await collectFiles(
-            filePath,
-            fileRoute,
-            fileMap
-          )
-          if (!children || !children.length) return null
+          if (fileRoute === '/api') return
+          const { items } = await collectFiles(filePath, fileRoute, fileMap)
+          if (!items.length) return
           return {
             name: f.name,
-            children,
+            children: items,
             route: fileRoute
           }
-        } else if (MARKDOWN_EXTENSION_REGEX.test(ext)) {
-          const content = await readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
-          const { data } = grayMatter(content)
-          fileMap[filePath] = {
-            name,
-            route: fileRoute,
-            locale,
-            ...(Object.keys(data).length && { frontMatter: data })
-          }
+        }
+
+        if (MARKDOWN_EXTENSION_REGEX.test(ext)) {
+          fileMap[filePath] = await collectMdx(filePath, fileRoute)
           return fileMap[filePath]
-        } else if (ext === '.json' && name === 'meta') {
+        }
+
+        if (ext === '.json' && name === 'meta') {
           const content = await readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
           fileMap[filePath] = {
             name: 'meta.json',