Failed the validation when use relative links

eng/common/TestResources/New-TestResources.ps1.md

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ It is passed as to the ARM
 template as 'testApplicationOid'
 
 For more information on the relationship between AAD Applications and Service
-Principals see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/app-objects-and-service-principals
+Principals see: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/app-objects-and-service-principals
 
 ```yaml
 Type: String
@@ -457,6 +457,3 @@ This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable
 ## NOTES
 
 ## RELATED LINKS
-
-[Remove-TestResources.ps1]()
-

eng/common/TestResources/README.md

@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ New-MarkdownHelp -Command .\New-TestResources.ps1 -OutputFolder . -Force
 
 PowerShell markdown documentation created with [platyPS][].
 
-  [New-TestResources.ps1]: ./New-TestResources.ps1.md
-  [Remove-TestResources.ps1]: ./Remove-TestResources.ps1.md
+  [New-TestResources.ps1]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/blob/master/eng/common/TestResources/New-TestResources.ps1.md
+  [Remove-TestResources.ps1]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/blob/master/eng/common/TestResources/Remove-TestResources.ps1.md
   [PowerShell]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
   [PowerShellAz]: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/azure/install-az-ps
   [platyPS]: https://github.com/PowerShell/platyPS

eng/common/TestResources/Remove-TestResources.ps1.md

@@ -272,6 +272,3 @@ This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable
 ## NOTES
 
 ## RELATED LINKS
-
-[New-TestResources.ps1]()
-

eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 parameters:
   Directory: 'not-specified'
-  IgnoreLinksFile: "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/ignore-links.txt"
-
+  IgnoreLinksFile: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/ignore-links.txt'
+  WorkingDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
+  ScriptDirectory: 'eng/common/scripts'
+  Recursive: $false
+  CheckLinkGuidance: $false
+  Urls: '(Get-ChildItem -Path ./ -Recurse -Include *.md)'
+  BranchReplaceRegex: "^(${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEREPOSITORYURI}.*/(?:blob|tree)/)master(/.*)$"
+  BranchReplacementName: "${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCECOMMITID}"
+
 steps:
-- task: PowerShell@2
-  displayName: Link verification check
-  inputs:
-    pwsh: true
-    workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/${{ parameters.Directory }}
-    filePath: eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 
-    arguments: >
-      -urls $(dir -r -i *.md) 
-      -rootUrl "file://$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/${{ parameters.Directory }}" 
-      -recursive: $false 
-      -ignoreLinksFile ${{ parameters.IgnoreLinksFile }}
-      -branchReplaceRegex "^($env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEREPOSITORYURI.*/(?:blob|tree)/)master(/.*)$"
-      -branchReplacementName $env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCECOMMITID
-      -devOpsLogging: $true
+  - task: PowerShell@2
+    displayName: Link verification check
+    inputs:
+      pwsh: true
+      workingDirectory: '${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}/${{ parameters.Directory }}'
+      filePath: ${{ parameters.ScriptDirectory }}/Verify-Links.ps1
+      arguments: >
+        -urls ${{ parameters.Urls }}
+        -rootUrl "file://${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}/${{ parameters.Directory }}"
+        -recursive: ${{ parameters.Recursive }} 
+        -ignoreLinksFile ${{ parameters.IgnoreLinksFile }}
+        -branchReplaceRegex "${{ parameters.BranchReplaceRegex }}"
+        -branchReplacementName ${{ parameters.BranchReplacementName }}
+        -devOpsLogging: $true
+        -checkLinkGuidance: ${{ parameters.CheckLinkGuidance }}

eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 param (
-  # url list to verify links. Can either be a http address or a local file request. Local file paths support md and html files.
+  # url list to verify links. Can either be a http address or a local file request. Local file paths support md and html files.	
   [string[]] $urls,
   # file that contains a set of links to ignore when verifying
   [string] $ignoreLinksFile = "$PSScriptRoot/ignore-links.txt",
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ param (
   [string] $branchReplaceRegex = "^(https://github.com/.*/(?:blob|tree)/)master(/.*)$",
   # the substitute branch name or SHA commit
   [string] $branchReplacementName = "",
-  # flag to allow checking against azure sdk link guidance.
+  # flag to allow checking against azure sdk link guidance. Check link guidance here: https://aka.ms/azsdk/guideline/links
   [bool] $checkLinkGuidance = $false
 )
 
 $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"; # Disable invoke-webrequest progress dialog
 # Regex of the locale keywords.
 $locale = "/en-us/"
-
+$emptyLinkMessage = "There is at least one empty link in the page. Please replace with absolute link. Check here for more infomation: https://aka.ms/azsdk/guideline/links"
 function NormalizeUrl([string]$url){
   if (Test-Path $url) {
     $url = "file://" + (Resolve-Path $url).ToString();
@@ -85,16 +85,18 @@ function ResolveUri ([System.Uri]$referralUri, [string]$link)
   $linkUri = [System.Uri]$link;
   # Our link guidelines do not allow relative links so only resolve them when we are not
   # validating links against our link guidelines (i.e. !$checkLinkGuideance)
-  if(!$checkLinkGuidance) {
-    if (!$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri) {
+  if ($checkLinkGuidance -and !$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri) {
+    return $linkUri
+  }
+
+  if (!$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri) {
     # For rooted paths resolve from the baseUrl
-      if ($link.StartsWith("/")) {
-        Write-Verbose "rooturl = $rootUrl"
-        $linkUri = new-object System.Uri([System.Uri]$rootUrl, ".$link");
-      }
-      else {
-        $linkUri = new-object System.Uri($referralUri, $link);
-      }
+    if ($link.StartsWith("/")) {
+      Write-Verbose "rooturl = $rootUrl"
+      $linkUri = new-object System.Uri([System.Uri]$rootUrl, ".$link");
+    }
+    else {
+      $linkUri = new-object System.Uri($referralUri, $link);
     }
   }
 
@@ -134,6 +136,10 @@ function ParseLinks([string]$baseUri, [string]$htmlContent)
 
 function CheckLink ([System.Uri]$linkUri)
 {
+  if(!$linkUri.ToString().Trim()) {
+    LogWarning "Found Empty link. Please use absolute link instead. Check here for more infomation: https://aka.ms/azsdk/guideline/links"
+    return $false
+  }
   if ($checkedLinks.ContainsKey($linkUri)) { 
     if (!$checkedLinks[$linkUri]) {
       LogWarning "broken link $linkUri"
@@ -193,11 +199,19 @@ function CheckLink ([System.Uri]$linkUri)
     }
   }
 
-  # Check if link uri includes locale info.
-  if ($checkLinkGuidance -and ($linkUri -match $locale)) {
-    LogWarning "DO NOT include locale $locale information in links: $linkUri."
-    $linkValid = $false
+  if ($checkLinkGuidance) {
+    # Check if the url is relative links, suppress the archor link validation.
+    if (!$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri -and !$linkUri.ToString().StartsWith("#")) {
+      LogWarning "DO NOT use relative link $linkUri. Please use absolute link instead. Check here for more infomation: https://aka.ms/azsdk/guideline/links"
+      $linkValid = $false
+    }
+     # Check if link uri includes locale info.
+    if ($linkUri -match $locale) {
+      LogWarning "DO NOT include locale $locale information in links: $linkUri. Check here for more information: https://aka.ms/azsdk/guideline/links"
+      $linkValid = $false
+    }
   }
+
   $checkedLinks[$linkUri] = $linkValid
   return $linkValid
 }
@@ -270,7 +284,6 @@ $checkedPages = @{};
 $checkedLinks = @{};
 $badLinks = @{};
 $pageUrisToCheck = new-object System.Collections.Queue
-
 foreach ($url in $urls) {
   $uri = NormalizeUrl $url  
   $pageUrisToCheck.Enqueue($uri);
@@ -286,9 +299,12 @@ while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
   Write-Host "Found $($linkUris.Count) links on page $pageUri";
   $badLinksPerPage = @();
   foreach ($linkUri in $linkUris) {
-    $linkUri = ReplaceGithubLink $linkUri
-    $isLinkValid = CheckLink $linkUri
+    $replacedLink = ReplaceGithubLink $linkUri
+    $isLinkValid = CheckLink $replacedLink
     if (!$isLinkValid -and !$badLinksPerPage.Contains($linkUri)) {
+      if (!$linkUri.ToString().Trim()) {
+        $linkUri = $emptyLinkMessage
+      }
       $badLinksPerPage += $linkUri
     }
     if ($recursive -and $isLinkValid) {