From 7554746e13ffe2811d418e4122a9824b2195631d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Deep Singhvi <deep@buildwithfern.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 19:19:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): allow service base path to be a slash (#4513)

---
 packages/cli/cli/versions.yml                      | 14 ++++++++++++++
 .../__test__/valid-base-path.test.ts               |  8 +-------
 .../valid-endpoint-path/valid-endpoint-path.ts     |  9 +--------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/cli/versions.yml b/packages/cli/cli/versions.yml
index c870cc82490..803ad1b08a0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli/versions.yml
+++ b/packages/cli/cli/versions.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+- changelog_entry:
+  - summary: | 
+      `fern check` allows the service base-path to be a slash. For example, the following 
+      would be valid: 
+
+      ```yml
+      service: 
+        base-path: "/"
+      ```
+    type: fix
+  created_at: '2024-09-02'
+  ir_version: 53
+  version: 0.40.4
+
 - changelog_entry:
   - summary: Now `fern generator upgrade` respects  the `--group` flag and only upgrades generators within a particular group.
     type: fix
diff --git a/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/__test__/valid-base-path.test.ts b/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/__test__/valid-base-path.test.ts
index aae1d80a040..225e4db6806 100644
--- a/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/__test__/valid-base-path.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/__test__/valid-base-path.test.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,7 @@ describe("valid-endpoint-path", () => {
 
         const expectedViolations: ValidationViolation[] = [
             {
-                message: 'Path cannot be /. Use "" instead.',
-                nodePath: ["service", "endpoints", "slash"],
-                relativeFilepath: RelativeFilePath.of("a.yml"),
-                severity: "error"
-            },
-            {
-                message: "Path must be the empty string, or start with a slash.",
+                message: "Path must start with a slash.",
                 nodePath: ["service", "endpoints", "noLeadingSlash"],
                 relativeFilepath: RelativeFilePath.of("a.yml"),
                 severity: "error"
diff --git a/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/valid-endpoint-path.ts b/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/valid-endpoint-path.ts
index 6b271451866..4e982055249 100644
--- a/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/valid-endpoint-path.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/fern-definition/validator/src/rules/valid-endpoint-path/valid-endpoint-path.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,7 @@ export const ValidEndpointPathRule: Rule = {
                     if (!endpoint.path.startsWith("/")) {
                         violations.push({
                             severity: "error",
-                            message: "Path must be the empty string, or start with a slash."
-                        });
-                    }
-
-                    if (endpoint.path === "/") {
-                        violations.push({
-                            severity: "error",
-                            message: 'Path cannot be /. Use "" instead.'
+                            message: "Path must start with a slash."
                         });
                     }