Add cross-version link linter to prevent documentation version mixing#21923
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- Add Python script to detect cross-version links in markdown files - Add GitHub Actions workflow to run on PRs - Add comprehensive unit tests - Block PR merge if cross-version links are detected - Provide clear error messages with suggested fixes
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- Fix markdown_relative regex to detect multiple ../ levels (e.g., ../../v23.1/) - Broaden ALLOWED_PATTERNS to match site.versions["stable"] bracket notation - Make image_ref fix more robust by targeting images/vX.X/ pattern - Improve markdown link fix to preserve full nested paths instead of just filename - Add 9 new unit tests covering multi-level paths, bracket notation, and complex filenames
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Summary
This PR adds a linter that prevents cross-version links in documentation PRs. The linter ensures that documentation for each version only links to pages within the same version, preventing broken links when older versions are archived.
Motivation
What this PR does
Cross-version link patterns detected
{% link v21.2/backup.md %}{% include_cached v22.1/provision.md %}{{ 'images/v22.2/diagram.png' | relative_url }}[text](../v20.1/page.md)[text](/docs/v19.1/page.md)<a href="v18.2/page.html">Testing
{{ page.version.version }}Notes