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Author: norareidy

.github/workflows/add-redirects.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
             new="${new#source}"
             new="${new%.txt}"
             #single quotes = ${var} rendered literally; double quotes = $var interpreted
-            renamed_redirects+='<li>[\<v>-*]: ${prefix}/${version}'"$old"'/ -> ${base}/${version}'"$new"'/</li>'
+            renamed_redirects+='<li>[\\<v>-*]: ${prefix}/${version}'"$old"'/ -> ${base}/${version}'"$new"'/</li>'
           done
           if [ "$renamed_redirects" == "" ]; then
             renamed_redirects="No redirects to add"
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ jobs:
           for file in $DELETED_FILES; do
             old=$(echo "$file" | cut -d',' -f1)
             old="${old#source}"
-            old="${old%.txt}/"
-            deleted_redirects+='<li>[\<v>-*]: ${prefix}/${version}'"$old"'/ -> ${base}/${version}/</li>'
+            old="${old%.txt}"
+            deleted_redirects+='<li>[\\<v>-*]: ${prefix}/${version}'"$old"'/ -> ${base}/${version}/</li>'
           done
           if [ "$deleted_redirects" == "" ]; then
             deleted_redirects="No redirects to add"
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update the PR Description
         uses: MongoCaleb/pr-description-action@master
         with:
-          content: "\n- [ ] Did you add redirects?\n *Replace <v> with earliest backport target version*\n${{ steps.renamed-files.outputs.redirects }}${{ steps.deleted-files.outputs.redirects }}\n"
+          content: "\n- [ ] Did you add redirects?\n *Replace \<v> with earliest backport target version*\n${{ steps.renamed-files.outputs.redirects }}${{ steps.deleted-files.outputs.redirects }}\n"
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}