fix

Author: norareidy

.github/workflows/add-redirects.yml

@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ jobs:
             old="${old%.txt}"
             
             redirect='${prefix}/${version}'"$old"'/ -> ${base}/${version}/'
-                       
-            # if redirect not already in file, add to string to add to PR description
+            
+            # escape special characters before searching for string           
             escaped_redirect=$(printf '%s\n' "$redirect" | sed 's/[[*${}|\\]/\\&/g')
-            if ! grep -qE "${escaped_redirect}$" "$REDIRECTS_FILE"; then
+
+            # if redirect not already in file, add to string to add to PR description
+            if ! grep -qE "${escaped_redirect}$" $REDIRECTS_FILE; then
               deleted_redirects+="<li>[&lt;v&gt;-*]: $redirect</li>"
             fi
           done