check-links.yaml

name: check-links
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:

concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
jobs:
  changedfiles:
    name: changed files
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      PR_HEAD: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
    outputs:
      md: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.md }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changes
        run: |
          echo "md=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB $(git merge-base origin/main $PR_HEAD) $PR_HEAD | grep .md$ | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

  check-links:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: changedfiles
    if: ${{needs.changedfiles.outputs.md}}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Install markdown-link-check
        run: npm install

      - name: Run markdown-link-check
        run: |
          npx --no -- markdown-link-check \
            --verbose \
            --config .github/workflows/check_links_config.json \
            ${{needs.changedfiles.outputs.md}} \
            || { echo "Check that anchor links are lowercase"; exit 1; }