Try link checking of just the source files without building the Hugo page

Author: oruebel

.github/workflows/link-check.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Workflow for building and link checking a Hugo site on PRs
-name: Build and Link Check Hugo site on PRs
+# Workflow for link checking with lychee
+name: Link Check Source Files with Lychee
 
 on:
   # Runs on pull requests targeting the dev branch
@@ -8,45 +8,15 @@ on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# Default to bash
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: bash
-
 jobs:
-  # Build and Link Check job
-  build_and_link_check:
+  link_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      HUGO_VERSION: 0.128.0
     steps:
-      - name: Install Hugo CLI
-        run: |
-          wget -O ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION}_linux-amd64.deb \
-          && sudo dpkg -i ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb
-
-      - name: Install Dart Sass
-        run: sudo snap install dart-sass
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-
-      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
-        run: "[[ -f package-lock.json || -f npm-shrinkwrap.json ]] && npm ci || true"
-
-      - name: Build with Hugo
-        env:
-          HUGO_CACHEDIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo_cache
-          HUGO_ENVIRONMENT: production
-        run: hugo --minify
-
-      - name: List files in the public directory with the HUGO build
-        run: ls -R public
 
       - name: Link Checker
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
         with:
-          args: --verbose --no-progress --exclude "https://neurodatawithoutborders.github.io/" 'public/**/*.html'
+          args: --verbose --no-progress --exclude "https://example.com" './**/*.md' './**/*.html' './**/*.rst'