Allow filename and url_name to be different. This is useful when you want to…

Allow filename and url_name to be different. This is useful when you want to reuse some components, but not everything. You can make a new file for just the bit that needs to be different, but keep the same URL structure.

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/xml_module.py

@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ class XmlDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
         if is_pointer_tag(xml_object):
             # new style:
             # read the actual definition file--named using url_name.replace(':','/')
+            filename = xml_object.get('filename')
+            if filename:
+                filepath = cls._format_filepath(xml_object.tag, filename)
+            else:
                 filepath = cls._format_filepath(xml_object.tag, name_to_pathname(url_name))
             definition_xml = cls.load_file(filepath, system.resources_fs, location)
         else: