[GH-ISSUE #24] Request: No empty link rule #17

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opened 2026-03-03 01:23:03 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-03-03 01:23:03 +03:00

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Originally created by @originalfoo on GitHub (Jun 22, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/issues/24

When working on large documents, sometimes placeholder links are added with the expectation they will be defined later. For example:

[foo]()

[bar](#)

Such links are somewhat difficult to spot in big documents. The rule would warn against those patterns.

Note: A # link is sometimes used to jump to top of document, however similar effect can be achieved by linking to main heading or a html anchor tag.

Originally created by @originalfoo on GitHub (Jun 22, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/issues/24 When working on large documents, sometimes placeholder links are added with the expectation they will be defined later. For example: ``` [foo]() [bar](#) ``` Such links are somewhat difficult to spot in big documents. The rule would warn against those patterns. Note: A `#` link is sometimes used to jump to top of document, however similar effect can be achieved by linking to main heading or a html anchor tag.

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2026-03-03 01:23:03 +03:00

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2026-03-03 01:23:04 +03:00

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@DavidAnson commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2016):

A bit tangential, but this is starting to veer pretty close to an existing check-pages feature:
https://github.com/DavidAnson/check-pages#noemptyfragments

No objection to adding to markdownlint, however. :)

@DavidAnson commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2016): A bit tangential, but this is starting to veer pretty close to an existing `check-pages` feature: https://github.com/DavidAnson/check-pages#noemptyfragments No objection to adding to `markdownlint`, however. :)

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2026-03-03 01:23:04 +03:00

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@originalfoo commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2016):

Been away due to RL issues, but great to see this feature implemented - many thanks!

@originalfoo commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2016): Been away due to RL issues, but great to see this feature implemented - many thanks!

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2026-03-07 20:02:11 +03:00

[GH-ISSUE #17] ignore hard-tabs in code block #1859