Update Broken-links-checker-final.yml

Author: Vamshi-Microsoft

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

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Check Links In Pull Requests
+name: Broken Link Checker
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -9,65 +9,37 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
-  check-links:
+  markdown-link-check:
+    name: Check Markdown Broken Links
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Clone repository
+      - name: Checkout Repo
         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: Check out base branch
-        run: git checkout ${{github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}
-
-      - 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: Stash untracked files
-        run: git stash push --include-untracked
-
-      - name: Check out feature branch
-        run: git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
 
-      - name: Apply stashed changes
-        run: git stash pop || true
-
-      - name: Update ignore file
+      - name: Get Added/Modified Markdown Files (PR only)
+        id: changed-files
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
-          if [ -f "existing-links.txt" ]; then
-            cat existing-links.txt >> .lycheeignore
-          fi
-
-      - name: Check links
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
+          git fetch origin ${{ github.base_ref }}
+          files=$(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: Check Broken Links in Added/Modified Files (PR)
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.changed-files.outputs.md_files != ''
+        uses: lycheeverse/[email protected]
         with:
           args: >
             --verbose --exclude-mail --no-progress --exclude ^https?://
-            .
+            ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.md_files }}
+          failIfEmpty: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Provide helpful failure message
-        if: failure()
-        run: |
-          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)
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         uses: lycheeverse/[email protected]