Launching notebooks on a private server fails

[doctor-phil]

Hi @mmcky

After the recent update that removed binder, I now have an issue where trying to launch a notebook to a private server fails.

E.g., using ubc.syzygy.ca in the private box and clicking launch used to work, but now it gives me a 404 error. The URL it's trying to redirect to is

https://ubc.syzygy.ca/user-redirect/git-pull?repo=https://github.com/QuantEcon/lecture-datascience.notebooks&branch=main&urlpath=tree/lecture-datascience.notebooks/scientific/numpy_arrays.ipynb

I think the problem is with the github link that's being used itself, since https://github.com/QuantEcon/lecture-datascience.notebooks&branch=main&urlpath=tree/lecture-datascience.notebooks/scientific/numpy_arrays.ipynb
also gives a 404. It seems like something's wrong with the & qualifiers

Can you please look into this when you get a chance? This is high impact since this is how I use the notebooks in class

[doctor-phil]

Just an update, it is definitely an issue with the github link that's being generated. For whatever reason, https://github.com/QuantEcon/lecture-datascience.notebooks&branch=main&urlpath=tree/lecture-python-intro.notebooks/intro.ipynb

Does not point to a valid address, but a link with a similar style in a different repo (e.g. lecture-python-intro.notebooks) does work correctly. I'm guessing it's due to a difference in the way this notebook repo was set up, but I wasn't around for that

[mmcky]

Well that's fascinating.

In 0.8.1 I updated that link to work for a class at UC Berkeley. I think that link must be dependent on the version for the hosted Jupyter Hub.

I will set your theme back to 0.8.0 which will have the correct link generation.

https://github.com/QuantEcon/quantecon-book-theme/releases/tag/v0.8.1

[doctor-phil]

Fixed by #270