GitHub action: Run 💀Linkspector with 🐶Reviewdog

This action runs Linkspector with Reviewdog on pull requests to improve the quality of your content.

How to use

1. Create a new file in your repository .github/workflows/action.yml.

2. Copy-paste the following workflow in your action.yml file:

   name: Linkspector
   on: [pull_request]
   jobs:
     check-links:
       name: runner / linkspector
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         - name: Run linkspector
           uses: umbrelladocs/action-linkspector@v1
           with:
             github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
             reporter: github-pr-review
             fail_level: any

Action inputs

github_token

(Optional) ${{ github.token }} is used by default.

level

(Optional) Report level for reviewdog [info,warning,error]. It's same as -level flag of reviewdog. Linkspector only reports errors, so if you change this value, you will not see any output.

reporter

Reporter of reviewdog command [github-pr-check,github-pr-review,github-check]. Default is github-pr-check. github-pr-review can use Markdown and add a link to rule page in reviewdog reports.

For more details, see Reporters.

filter_mode

(Optional) Filtering mode for the reviewdog command [added,diff_context,file,nofilter], the default value is added.

• added: Show errors only in the added lines (with the + prefix).
• diff_context: Show errors in the diff context, that is changed lines +-N lines (N=3 for example).
• file: Show errors for added and modified files even if the results are not in actual diff.
• nofilter: Show all errors across all files.

For more details, please see Filter mode support table.

fail_level

(Optional) Exit code for reviewdog when errors are found with severity greater than or equal to the given level [none,any,info,warning,error]. Default is none.

fail_on_error

(Optional, deprecated) Exit code for reviewdog when errors are found [true,false]. This option is ignored if fail_level is used. Default is false.

reviewdog_flags

(Optional) Additional reviewdog flags.

config_file

(Optional) Path to your linkspector configuration file .linkspector.yml. For more details, see Linkspector configuration.

Real-life usage samples

Following is a list of some of the repositories which are using GitHub Action - Markdown link check.

1. dotnet
2. dotnet-docker
3. SAP
4. Open Telemetry
5. More

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