link_validation.yaml

name: validate-links

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - v*
    tags:
      - v*
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - v*
jobs:
  validate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env: 
      PYTHON_VER: 3.7
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Check Microsoft URLs do not pin localized versions
        run: |
          localized=$(find . -name '*.md' | xargs grep -ol "\.microsoft\.com/[[:alpha:]]\{2\}-[[:alpha:]]\{2\}/") || true
          if [ -z "$localized" ]; then
            echo "All Microsoft Docs links ok."
          else
            echo "The following files contain links to Microsoft Docs that pin a localized version:"
            echo $localized
            exit 1
          fi
      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VER }}
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VER }}
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
          pip3 install setuptools wheel twine tox mechanical-markdown
          pip3 uninstall -y mistune
          pip3 install mistune~=2.0.5 --no-cache-dir
      - name: Check Markdown Files
        run: |
          for name in `find . -name "*.md"`; do echo -e "------\n$name" ; mm.py -l $name || exit 1 ;done