chore(lint): match check-links workflow from the otel collector (#1721)

* chore(lint): match check-links workflow from the otel collector

* chore(lint): trigger lint

* chore(lint): revert

Author: pragmaticivan

.github/lychee.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+include-fragments = true
+
+accept = ["200..=299", "429"]
+
+exclude  = [
+    "^http(s)?://localhost",
+    "^http(s)?://example.com",
+    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com",
+    "https://console.aws.amazon.com"
+]
+
+# better to be safe and avoid failures
+max-retries = 6

.github/workflows/check-links.yaml

@@ -1,43 +1,51 @@
-name: "Link Check"
+name: check-links
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   changedfiles:
     name: changed files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       PR_HEAD: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
     outputs:
-      md: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.md }}
+      files: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.files }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changes
         run: |
-          echo "md=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB $(git merge-base origin/main $PR_HEAD) $PR_HEAD | grep .md$ | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          files=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB $(git merge-base origin/main $PR_HEAD) $PR_HEAD | grep .md$ | xargs)
+
+          if [ -z "$files" ] && git diff --name-only $(git merge-base origin/main $PR_HEAD) $PR_HEAD | grep -q "package.json"; then
+            files="**/*.md"
+          fi
 
+          echo "files=$files" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   check-links:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: changedfiles
-    if: ${{needs.changedfiles.outputs.md}}
+    if: ${{needs.changedfiles.outputs.files}}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Run markdown-link-check
-        run: |
-          npx --no -- markdown-link-check \
-            --verbose \
-            --config .github/workflows/check_links_config.json \
-            ${{needs.changedfiles.outputs.md}} \
-            || { echo "Check that anchor links are lowercase"; exit 1; }
+      - name: Link Checker
+        id: lychee
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@f613c4a64e50d792e0b31ec34bbcbba12263c6a6
+        with:
+          args: "--verbose --no-progress ${{needs.changedfiles.outputs.files}} --config .github/lychee.toml"
+          failIfEmpty: false