Automattic / Automattic/harper
Dot prefix in markdown link ancors
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markdown
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description

It sees the dot as a sentence ending, if I choose to fix it I get

Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the reported Markdown case in Harper and compare the behavior shown in the issue's two attached images. Trace how Harper interprets a dot in a Markdown link anchor, then verify that the dot is no longer treated as a sentence ending.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100