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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md index c9da1962f..cd3788efc 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md @@ -249,3 +249,22 @@ search/replaced in it for each new build. The installer now supports a `--tarball-url-prefix` flag which _may_ have solved this need? --> + +### Checking the manual links + +The build checks for broken internal links, but this happens late in the process, +so `nix build .` is not suitable for iterating. To check the manual incrementally, run: + +```console +make html -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES +``` + +When iterating on the makefile, run: + +```console +rm $(git ls-files doc/manual/ -o | grep -F '.md') && rmdir doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli && make html -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES +``` + +If a broken link occurs in a snippet that was inserted into multiple generated files in different directories, use `@docroot@` to reference the `doc/manual/src` directory. + +`mdbook-linkcheck` does not implement fragment checking yet. |