From 6f5f9d68d723cf38abb36aeaf1d4e9ed32d11296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Todd Dugan <tdugan@valuebasedtech.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:08:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix-issue-45

- ensure makeRoute always returns absolute path for NextJS.
---
 .gitignore                  | 1 +
 assets/nextjs/makeRoute.tsx | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a284d13..4deee17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 dist
 node_modules
 .idea
+.tasks
diff --git a/assets/nextjs/makeRoute.tsx b/assets/nextjs/makeRoute.tsx
index 0b39734..5b282cf 100644
--- a/assets/nextjs/makeRoute.tsx
+++ b/assets/nextjs/makeRoute.tsx
@@ -167,10 +167,14 @@ function createPathBuilder<T extends Record<string, string | string[]>>(
       .map((e) => e(params))
       .filter(Boolean)
       .join("/");
+
+    // FIXED: Always ensure an absolute path by adding a leading slash
     if (catchAllSegment) {
-      return p + catchAllSegment(params);
+      return p.length
+        ? `/${p}${catchAllSegment(params)}`
+        : `/${catchAllSegment(params).substring(1)}`;
     } else {
-      return p.length ? p : "/";
+      return p.length ? `/${p}` : "/";
     }
   };
 }