ruby / ruby/rdoc

Invalid link parsing - broken link if ends in '.md'

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Description

ruby 3.0.2p107 (2021-07-07 revision 0db68f0233) [x86_64-linux]
rdoc 6.3.1

Create the following ruby file in some folder:

# https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/README.md
class Klass
end

Run rdoc in that folder.

Run grep ruby/ruby doc/Klass.html.

Expected: link href is https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/README.md

Actual: link href is https://github_com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/README_md.html

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the Ruby 3.0.2 and RDoc 6.3.1 details, then inspect the generated doc/Klass.html after running rdoc and grep. Trace the link parsing that transforms the README.md URL; done means the generated href preserves the original URL, including its .md suffix.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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