Update Broken-links-checker-final.yml

Author: Vamshi-Microsoft

.github/workflows/Broken-links-checker-final.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -18,52 +18,54 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout PR branch
+      - name: Clone repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
+          repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
 
-      - name: Set up Git
-        run: git fetch origin ${{ github.base_ref }}
+      - name: Check out base branch
+        run: git checkout ${{github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}
 
-      - name: Get added/modified Markdown files
-        id: changed-files
-        run: |
-          files=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '\.md$' || true)
-          echo "md_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$files" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Dump all links from ${{github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
+        with:
+          args: |
+            --dump
+            --include-fragments
+            --verbose --exclude-mail --no-progress --exclude ^https?://
+            .
+          output: ./existing-links.txt
+        continue-on-error: true # Don't fail if base branch check has issues
 
-      - name: Dump base branch links into ignore file
-        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.md_files != ''
-        run: |
-          git checkout origin/${{ github.base_ref }}
-          mkdir -p .lychee
-          lychee --dump --include-fragments ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.md_files }} > .lychee/ignore.txt || true
+      - name: Stash untracked files
+        run: git stash push --include-untracked
 
-      - name: Checkout PR branch again
+      - name: Check out feature branch
         run: git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
 
-      - name: Run lychee on PR changes
-        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.md_files != ''
-        uses: lycheeverse/[email protected]
+      - name: Apply stashed changes
+        run: git stash pop || true
+
+      - name: Update ignore file
+        run: |
+          if [ -f "existing-links.txt" ]; then
+            cat existing-links.txt >> .lycheeignore
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check links
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
         with:
           args: >
-            --no-progress --include-fragments
-            --max-concurrency 4
-            --exclude-mail
-            -- --ignore-file .lychee/ignore.txt
-            ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.md_files }}
-          failIfEmpty: false
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+            --verbose --exclude-mail --no-progress --exclude ^https?://
+            .
 
-      - name: Provide helpful message on failure
+      - name: Provide helpful failure message
         if: failure()
         run: |
-          echo "::error::Link check failed! Please review broken links above."
-          echo "If some links are false positives (e.g. behind auth, CAPTCHA),"
-          echo "you can add them to a .lycheeignore or adjust the check."
+          echo "::error::Link check failed! Please review the broken links reported above."
+          echo "Format: Add one URL pattern per line"
           exit 1
           
       - name: Check Broken Links in Entire Repo (Manual)