From 94de889e8a0dccbac4fc54e0ec130ebd366a6395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Inessa Pawson <inessapawson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 23:27:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ignore root-relative links in lychee link check
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Exclude root-relative paths (/…) from the lychee link checker to prevent InvalidPathToUri errors when scanning the built _site HTML. This keeps external link validation intact while avoiding false CI failures on internal site links.
---
 .github/workflows/linkcheck.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
index 00e95d17..0e92c853 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@a8c4c7cb88f0c7386610c35eb25108e448569cb0 #v2.7.0
         with:
-          args: --verbose --no-progress _site/*.html
+          args: >
+          --verbose --no-progress
+          --exclude '^/.*'
+          _site
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 

From f15492522d8f9141ec4aca7e1fc8ae78aad299e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Inessa Pawson <inessapawson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 00:02:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix syntax for lychee args

---
 .github/workflows/linkcheck.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
index 0e92c853..2a3cdfdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@a8c4c7cb88f0c7386610c35eb25108e448569cb0 #v2.7.0
         with:
           args: >
-          --verbose --no-progress
-          --exclude '^/.*'
-          _site
+            --verbose 
+            --no-progress
+            --exclude '^/.*'
+            _site
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 

From 1f4adae1a488f5a9b95cc80a5debcceb55eb32c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Inessa Pawson <inessapawson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:41:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Trim trailing white spaces

---
 .github/workflows/linkcheck.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
index 2a3cdfdd..25e60df9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@a8c4c7cb88f0c7386610c35eb25108e448569cb0 #v2.7.0
         with:
           args: >
-            --verbose 
+            --verbose
             --no-progress
             --exclude '^/.*'
             _site