Can no longer find custom templates in data-dir/templates under 2.2.2

[rbubley]

Under version 2.2.1 and prior pandoc found latex templates in the templates directory under the data directory, but this is no longer working for me under 2.2.2.

pandoc --from=markdown+raw_attribute+smart --pdf-engine=xelatex --template=template-report.latex test.md -o test.tex

gives

File template-report.latex not found in resource path

Working version:

pandoc 2.2.1
Compiled with pandoc-types 1.17.4.2, texmath 0.11, skylighting 0.7.0.2

Non-working version:

pandoc 2.2.2
Compiled with pandoc-types 1.17.5.1, texmath 0.11.0.1, skylighting 0.7.2

In each case this is the version installed using the macOS .pkg installer on the github release page.

[mb21]

You shouldn't need --template then, only -s. From the MANUAL:

You can also override the system default templates for a given output format FORMAT by putting a file templates/default.*FORMAT* in the user data directory (see --data-dir

[giovino]

OS: Mac OS 10.13.5
Pandoc: pandoc 2.2.2
  * Compiled with pandoc-types 1.17.5.1, texmath 0.11.0.1, skylighting 0.7.2
  * Installed using Brew

I am also seeing a regression when using --template. Prior to 2.2.2 the following command worked:

pandoc --template=GitHub.html5 -s test.md -o test.html --metadata pagetitle="asdf"

Now I get the error message:

File GitHub.html5 not found in resource path

• Location of GitHub.html5:
  /Users/giovino/.pandoc/templates/GitHub.html5

If I specify the full path of the template, the original command works as expected:

pandoc --template=/Users/giovino/.pandoc/templates/GitHub.html5 -s test.md -o test.html --metadata pagetitle="asdf"

[rbubley]

Amending title following comments from @mb21 and @giovino.

[nfleisher]

Same behavior here under 2.2.2, with the Linux packages (.deb and .tar.gz).

Pandoc will find the template if it is in the working directory or if the full path is specified. Specifying the path with ~/.pandoc/templates/ as prefix also generates the "not found in resource path" error.

[mb21]

Ah, I understand now. This seems indeed like a bug, since it's documented in the MANUAL:

If the template is not found, pandoc will search for it in the templates subdirectory of the user data directory (see --data-dir).

[jgm]

I suspect the culprit is this change:
07bce91

[jgm]

I'll do a bugfix release soon, because I hate regressions!

[hoclun-rigsep]

On Mac OS 10.14.5 installed with homebrew:

$ pandoc --version
pandoc 2.8.1
Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12, skylighting 0.8.3
Default user data directory: /Users/jim/.local/share/pandoc or /Users/jim/.pandoc

However, this only works for me when files are in .local/share/pandoc, not ~/.pandoc. This is apparently true even if there is no ~/.local/share/pandoc directory.