Use a Paths Loader File for non-Markdown blobs

[its-miroma]

I'm trying to build a Vitepress plugin for versioning by working with git.

I have created a [version]/[path].md entry point, with only this:

<!--@content-->

And here's an abstract of the logic in [version]/[path].paths.ts:

Show [version]/[path].paths.ts

export default {
  paths() {
    const versions: {
      name: string;
      hash: string;
      fileHashes: string[];
    }[] = ...;

    const files: {
      [hash: string]: {
        path: string;
        content: string;
      };
    } = ...;

    const paths: {
      content: string;
      params: {
        version: string;
        path: string;
      };
    }[] = ...;

    for (const version of versions) {
      for (const hash of version.fileHashes) {
        const file = files[hash];

        paths.push({
          content: file.content,
          params: {
            version: version.name,
            path: file.path,
          },
        });
      }
    }

    return paths;
  },
};

Unfortunately, Vitepress only supports the Paths Loader for a base file like [path].md, where .md is mandatory.

The solution I've tried fails at rendering, for example, an image with [path]=lake.jpg, because it sees it as lake.jpg.md and it errors:
"Error parsing JavaScript expression"

Would it be possible to support using a Paths Loader with a non-Markdown raw blob, for example a JPG file, by creating a [path] file without the extension?

Vitepress should either look for file names/paths containing square brackets, not necessarily .md, or base the search on the paths.ts files.

Or, is there another way I can do this, since the Paths Loader is not designed to load binary or raw assets?

This would allow for dynamically loading binary assets or raw files through the Vitepress routing system, not just Markdown files.

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Relevant source code in Vitepress: https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/blob/main/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts#L213