Image link in markdown with relative link not working with sphinx

[KenanHArik]

I have markdown files that reference png images in a separate folder. When viewing / editing those markdown files, all works fine having a relative image link.

However, when the file is converted using sphinx, the only way I can get sphinx to find the images is by changing the paths relative to where sphinx.

For instance, my original markdown file has

![](assets/2019-10-23-13-49-56.png)

In order for the sphinx conversion process to recognize it, I have to change it to

![](../../Gitlab/assets/2019-10-23-13-49-56.png)

The updated location now references from the sphinx execution point, rather than from the markdown file. But doing in doing so, I can allow Sphinx to find the link. Otherwise, I get a warning from Sphinx in the first link above that it cannot find the file:

WARNING: image file not readable: ./assets/2019-10-23-13-49-56.png

Is there a way for image links to comprehend the shift in relative paths, based on the root location of the markdown file that is being processed from?

[KenanHArik]

Just realized, to add to this: Even though sphinx finds it, and it will display with HTML, the links from the HTML are broken. To reference open issue #20 , I believe it mentions similar problem. That is to say that Sphinx compiles this to include wrongfully adds /Gitlab/assets/2019-10-23-13-49-56.png in the HTML link path as a result of this current workaround.