feat: anchor link checks support HTML tags like <a name="foo"></a>

Author: dklimpel

index.js

@@ -43,9 +43,32 @@ function performSpecialReplacements(str, opts) {
     return str;
 }
 
+function removeCodeBlocks(markdown) {
+    return markdown.replace(/^```[\S\s]+?^```$/gm, '');
+}
+
+function extractHtmlSections(markdown) {
+    markdown =
+        // remove code blocks
+        removeCodeBlocks(markdown)
+        // remove HTML comments
+        .replace(/<!--[\S\s]+?-->/gm, '')
+        // remove single line code (if not escaped with "\")
+        .replace(/(?<!\\)`[\S\s]+?(?<!\\)`/gm, '');
+
+    const regexAllId = /<(?<tag>[^\s]+).*?id="(?<id>[^"]*?)".*?>/gmi;
+    const regexAName = /<a.*?name="(?<name>[^"]*?)".*?>/gmi;
+
+    const sections = []
+        .concat(Array.from(markdown.matchAll(regexAllId), (match) => match.groups.id))
+        .concat(Array.from(markdown.matchAll(regexAName), (match) => match.groups.name));
+
+    return sections
+}
+
 function extractSections(markdown) {
     // First remove code blocks.
-    markdown = markdown.replace(/^```[\S\s]+?^```$/mg, '');
+    markdown = removeCodeBlocks(markdown);
 
     const sectionTitles = markdown.match(/^#+ .*$/gm) || [];
 
@@ -85,7 +108,7 @@ module.exports = function markdownLinkCheck(markdown, opts, callback) {
     }
 
     const links = markdownLinkExtractor(markdown);
-    const sections = extractSections(markdown);
+    const sections = extractSections(markdown).concat(extractHtmlSections(markdown));
     const linksCollection = _.uniq(links);
     const bar = (opts.showProgressBar) ?
         new ProgressBar('Checking... [:bar] :percent', {

test/hash-links.md

@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 # Foo
 
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD033 -->
-<a id="tomato"></a>
+<a id="tomato_id"></a>
+
+<a name="tomato_name"></a>
+
+<div id="onion"></div>
+<div id="onion_outer">
+    <div id="onion_inner"></div>
+</div>
+
+<!--
+<a id="tomato_comment"></a>
+-->
+
 <!-- markdownlint-enable MD033 -->
 
 This is a test.
 
+HTML anchor in code `<a id="tomato_code"></a>` should be ignored.
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable-next-line MD033 -->
+Ignore escaped backticks \`<a id="tomato_escaped_backticks"></a>\`. Link should work.
+
 ## Bar
 
 The title is [Foo](#foo).
@@ -18,7 +35,21 @@ The second section is [Bar](#bar).
 
 There is no section named [Potato](#potato).
 
-There is an anchor named [Tomato](#tomato).
+There is an anchor named with `id` [Tomato](#tomato_id).
+
+There is an anchor named with `name` [Tomato](#tomato_name).
+
+There is an anchor in code [Tomato in code](#tomato_code).
+
+There is an anchor in escaped code [Tomato in escaped backticks](#tomato_escaped_backticks).
+
+There is an anchor in HTML comment [Tomato in comment](#tomato_comment).
+
+There is an anchor in single div [Onion](#onion).
+
+There is an anchor in outer div [Onion outer](#onion_outer).
+
+There is an anchor in inner div [Onion inner](#onion_inner).
 
 ## Header with special char ✨
 

test/markdown-link-check.test.js

@@ -377,7 +377,14 @@ describe('markdown-link-check', function () {
                 { link: '#foo', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
                 { link: '#bar', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
                 { link: '#potato', statusCode: 404, err: null, status: 'dead' },
-                { link: '#tomato', statusCode: 404, err: null, status: 'dead' },
+                { link: '#tomato_id', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
+                { link: '#tomato_name', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
+                { link: '#tomato_code', statusCode: 404, err: null, status: 'dead' },
+                { link: '#tomato_escaped_backticks', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
+                { link: '#tomato_comment', statusCode: 404, err: null, status: 'dead' },
+                { link: '#onion', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
+                { link: '#onion_outer', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
+                { link: '#onion_inner', statusCode: 200, err: null, status: 'alive' },
                 { link: '#header-with-special-char-', statusCode: 404, err: null, status: 'dead' },
             ]);
             done();