fixing-broken-links

Broken links in markdown files are identified by scanning reference-style links and bare URLs, verifying HTTP responses with curl, and checking local filesystem existence. The tool then updates moved links, removes unrecoverable references, and reports unreachable targets.

The best way to validate repository links is to check external URLs with HTTP requests and verify local relative paths on disk. This confirms whether your markdown and HTML files contain reachable targets before updating or removing broken references.

Yes, link validation works with HTML href and src attributes alongside markdown links and reference-style definitions. It checks external URLs via HTTP requests and verifies local file paths on disk to ensure all project references are reachable.

To clean up a README after renaming files, scan the repository to validate local relative paths and external URLs. The validation process identifies broken references, updates moved links, and removes unrecoverable entries automatically.

During the repair workflow, unrecoverable dead links are removed from the files, and their unreachable targets are recorded for follow-up. This ensures documentation remains clean while providing a report of what was deleted.