Pass -g option to curl in linkchecker (#2842)

Author: giordano

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+* The `-g` is now passed to `curl` when checking links, to disable globbing, which could cause undesirable behavior when checking links containing characters like for example `[`, `{`, `&` or `?`. ([#2839], [#2842])
+
 ## Version [v1.16.0] - 2025-11-14
 
 ### Added

src/docchecks.jl

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ function _linkcheck_curl(method::Symbol, url::AbstractString; timeout::Real, use
         push!(headers, "-H")
         push!(headers, "Authorization: Bearer $(ENV["GITHUB_TOKEN"])")
     end
-    return `curl $(method === :HEAD ? "-sI" : "-s") --proto =http,https,ftp,ftps $(headers) $(url) --max-time $timeout -o $null_file --write-out "%{http_code} %{url_effective} %{redirect_url}"`
+    return `curl $(method === :HEAD ? "-sI" : "-s") --proto =http,https,ftp,ftps -g $(headers) $(url) --max-time $timeout -o $null_file --write-out "%{http_code} %{url_effective} %{redirect_url}"`
 end
 
 # Automatic Pkg.add() GitHub remote check

test/online/online_linkcheck.jl

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ server = HTTP.serve!(lincheck_server_handler, PORT)
             [Requires GITHUB_TOKEN](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/v1.0.0/Project.toml)
             [Does not support GITHUB_TOKEN](https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pulls)
             [May require GITHUB_TOKEN](https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/2729)
+
+            Use [`getindex`](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1.12.1/base/arrays/#Base.getindex-Tuple{AbstractArray,%20Vararg{Any}}) to get one element of an array.
             """
         )
         doc = Documenter.Document(; linkcheck = true, linkcheck_timeout = 20)