A more helpful 404 page #1928
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People used to link to specific versions of manual pages (as reported in git#1927). Instead of showing a plain 404 page, try to be slightly more helpful by telling the reader that this version no longer exists, providing a link to the newest version. Then, also try to figure out what the most closely-matching page is that _is_ available, and if one is found, show that one, too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
It is theoretically possible that a Git command no longer exists and therefore is no longer documented, either, yet there are links out there pointing to said documentation. Let's try to be somewhat helpful by detecting that situation and directing the reader to the top-level documentation page. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
Just like was just done for non-existing documentation pages, let's be more helpful for missing book pages, too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
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docs/andbook/links redirect to pages that might still be helpful to the reader.Context
It was pointed out in #1927 that it is relatively easy to end up with hyperlinks out there in the wild, wild web, that point to outdated manual page versions.
This is an attempt to show more helpful pages in such scenarios.