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Broken relative link to source file in README

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Description

https://docs.rs/crate/ripgrep/11.0.2

Relative link User Guide points to https://docs.rs/crate/ripgrep/GUIDE.md which does not exist (404).

Instead, it should either points to source/$file with url replacement (https://github.com/rust-lang/docs.rs/blob/32074e792046a7c41c716f592c692383528515b5/src/web/mod.rs#L387) or $file gets redirected to source/$file (somewhere near https://github.com/rust-lang/docs.rs/blob/32074e792046a7c41c716f592c692383528515b5/src/web/mod.rs#L226-L232).

So far, I have only seen this bug affecting README.

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Research direction

Start in src/web/mod.rs around lines 226-232 and 387, then reproduce the broken README User Guide link at docs.rs/crate/ripgrep/11.0.2. Decide whether URL replacement or redirecting $file is consistent with the existing routing; done means the relative README link resolves to the source file instead of returning 404.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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