Update so as not to break existing links to comments

src/shared/components/comment/comment-node.tsx

@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ export class CommentNode extends Component<CommentNodeProps, CommentNodeState> {
       <>
         <Link
           className={classnames}
-          to={`/post/${cv.comment.post_id}/comment/${parentCommentId}`}
+          to={`/comment/${parentCommentId}`}
           title={title}
         >
           <Icon icon="link" classes="icon-inline" />

src/shared/components/modlog.tsx

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ function renderModlogType({ type_, view }: ModlogType) {
       const mrc = view as ModRemoveCommentView;
       const {
         mod_remove_comment: { reason, removed },
-        comment: { id, content, post_id },
+        comment: { id, content },
         commenter,
       } = mrc;
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ function renderModlogType({ type_, view }: ModlogType) {
         <>
           <span>{removed ? "Removed " : "Restored "}</span>
           <span>
-            Comment <Link to={`/post/${post_id}/comment/${id}`}>{content}</Link>
+            Comment <Link to={`/comment/${id}`}>{content}</Link>
           </span>
           <span>
             {" "}

src/shared/components/post/post.tsx

@@ -198,22 +198,44 @@ export class Post extends Component<any, PostState> {
 
     const auth = myAuth();
     const { post_id, comment_id } = this.props.match.params as PostParams;
-
-    this.setState({
-      postRes: await HttpService.client.getPost({
-        id: getIdFromString(post_id),
-        comment_id: getIdFromString(comment_id),
+    const postForm: GetPost = {
       auth,
-      }),
-      commentsRes: await HttpService.client.getComments({
-        post_id: getIdFromString(post_id),
-        parent_id: getIdFromString(comment_id),
+    };
+    const commentsForm: GetComments = {
       max_depth: commentTreeMaxDepth,
       sort: this.state.commentSort,
       type_: "All",
       saved_only: false,
       auth,
-      }),
+    };
+
+    if (post_id) {
+      postForm.id = getIdFromString(post_id);
+      commentsForm.post_id = getIdFromString(post_id);
+    } else {
+      const commentRes = await HttpService.client.getComment({
+        auth,
+        id: getIdFromString(comment_id)!,
+      });
+
+      if (commentRes.state === "success") {
+        const postId = commentRes.data.comment_view.comment.post_id;
+
+        postForm.id = postId;
+        postForm.comment_id = getIdFromString(comment_id);
+        commentsForm.post_id = postId;
+        commentsForm.parent_id = getIdFromString(comment_id);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const [postRes, commentsRes] = await Promise.all([
+      HttpService.client.getPost(postForm),
+      HttpService.client.getComments(commentsForm),
+    ]);
+
+    this.setState({
+      postRes,
+      commentsRes,
     });
 
     setupTippy();
@@ -234,13 +256,11 @@ export class Post extends Component<any, PostState> {
   }: InitialFetchRequest): Promise<PostData> {
     const pathSplit = path.split("/");
 
-    const id = getIdFromString(pathSplit.at(2));
-    const comment_id = getIdFromString(pathSplit.at(4));
+    const pathType = pathSplit.at(1);
+    const id = getIdFromString(pathSplit.at(2))!;
 
     const postForm: GetPost = {
       auth,
-      id,
-      comment_id,
     };
 
     const commentsForm: GetComments = {
@@ -249,10 +269,23 @@ export class Post extends Component<any, PostState> {
       type_: "All",
       saved_only: false,
       auth,
-      post_id: id,
-      parent_id: comment_id,
     };
 
+    if (pathType === "post") {
+      postForm.id = id;
+      commentsForm.post_id = id;
+    } else {
+      const commentRes = await client.getComment({ id, auth });
+
+      if (commentRes.state === "success") {
+        const postId = commentRes.data.comment_view.comment.post_id;
+        postForm.id = postId;
+        postForm.comment_id = id;
+        commentsForm.post_id = postId;
+        commentsForm.parent_id = id;
+      }
+    }
+
     return {
       postRes: await client.getPost(postForm),
       commentsRes: await client.getComments(commentsForm),
@@ -704,9 +737,7 @@ export class Post extends Component<any, PostState> {
       const comment = i.state.commentsRes.data.comments.at(0)?.comment;
       const parentId = getCommentParentId(comment);
       if (parentId) {
-        i.context.router.history.push(
-          `/post/${comment?.post_id}/comment/${parentId}`,
-        );
+        i.context.router.history.push(`/comment/${parentId}`);
       }
     }
   }

src/shared/routes.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const routes: IRoutePropsWithFetch<Record<string, any>>[] = [
     fetchInitialData: Communities.fetchInitialData,
   },
   {
-    path: `/post/:post_id/comment/:comment_id`,
+    path: `/comment/:comment_id`,
     component: Post,
     fetchInitialData: Post.fetchInitialData,
   },