Anchor links in docs not pointing to the other document in which those anchors actually exist #448

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opened 2024-07-14 19:28:41 +00:00 by helle · 4 comments
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There is a doc generation bug relating to inter-document anchors that the automatic link checker is also not catching.

In various places in the docs for example in: https://docs.lix.systems/manual/lix/stable/contributing/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-auto-allocate-uids
The anchor that is linked to for further information is: https://docs.lix.systems/manual/lix/stable/contributing/experimental-features.html#conf-auto-allocate-uids
Which is incorrect as it , as it should be pointing to: https://docs.lix.systems/manual/lix/stable/command-ref/conf-file.html#conf-auto-allocate-uids (same anchor, different file) in that specific case.

There is a doc generation bug relating to inter-document anchors that the automatic link checker is also not catching. In various places in the docs for example in: https://docs.lix.systems/manual/lix/stable/contributing/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-auto-allocate-uids The anchor that is linked to for further information is: https://docs.lix.systems/manual/lix/stable/contributing/experimental-features.html#conf-auto-allocate-uids Which is incorrect as it , as it should be pointing to: https://docs.lix.systems/manual/lix/stable/command-ref/conf-file.html#conf-auto-allocate-uids (same anchor, different file) in that specific case.
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Oh, also just seem to have figured out that despite jade insisting there is, there is no automatic link checker yet.

Oh, also just seem to have figured out that despite jade insisting there is, there is no automatic link checker yet.
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I found the link checker, it's mdbook-linkcheck. Which is of course not run in CI facepalm. Jacked.

I found the link checker, it's mdbook-linkcheck. Which is of course not run in CI *facepalm*. Jacked.
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Oh, of course it is not run in CI, some of these files are generated. Yeah this needs to run on the HTML output I think, there is too much bullshit in the markdown to reliably link check it.

Oh, of course it is not run in CI, some of these files are generated. Yeah this needs to run on the HTML output I think, there is too much bullshit in the markdown to reliably link check it.
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Hey look! Some code we could steal! 8e59cf95d5/src/tools/linkchecker/main.rs

Hey look! Some code we could steal! https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/8e59cf95d540fcb341790126f524754f45a198ad/src/tools/linkchecker/main.rs
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