This is similar to Xaringan issue #29 . I'm setting up a Xaringan template to be used at work, and I want to keep all the CSS and Javascript files in the same location. I don't want anyone to have to copy the same files into each presentation directory. However , I also don't want to refer to a common root directory. I could (I think) point to our in-house Bitbucket server, but I would much rather analysts and data scientists be able to get the files from their local repo (for speed, and also in case they're not on the network or are making their own changes). I'm also not particularly hung up