Shorter name for the class link in Sphinx

Question

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   Class :class:`apps.business.models.Department`
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That creates a proper link to the class Department.

How do I change the HTML output to have a just a single class name, without 'apps.business.models' prefix?

so it reads Class Department in HTML?

Answer 1

There is the ~ (tilde) in standard cross-referencing syntax.

If you prefix the content with ~, the link text will only be the last component of the target. For example,

:py:meth:`~Queue.Queue.get`

will refer to Queue.Queue.get but only display get as the link text. This does not work with all cross-reference roles, but is domain specific.

There is also the directive .. currentmodule:: with some documentation and an example in another SO answer.