fix(docs): only rewrite .md links on anchor tags

[erkamyaman]

The docs link plugin rewrote every href= in the rendered HTML, including escaped markup inside code samples. A code example like <a href="./x.md"> was turned into a site route. The plugin now only rewrites the href on real <a> tags.

Checks

• New test for escaped markup in code, data-href and <link>; md-links tests pass (7)
• pnpm format:check and the docs build pass

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Markdown links are now rewritten only when they appear in anchor tags. Links in code and other elements remain unchanged, and anchor links are recognized regardless of attribute order, quote style, or letter case.

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The link resolver now matches href attributes only within anchor tags. It accepts either quote style, permits intervening attributes, and matches case-insensitively. A new test checks that escaped markup and non-anchor href values remain unchanged.

Changes

Anchor Link Matching

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Restrict href matching to anchors apps/docs/md-links.plugin.ts, apps/docs/md-links.plugin.spec.ts	The resolver limits href matching to anchor tags. The test checks that escaped anchor markup and non-anchor href values remain unchanged, while a relative Markdown link on an anchor is rewritten.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9f7ec

Some documentation comments or embedded text may be altered when they contain uppercase anchor-like markup. This is a narrow issue with bounded impact, so merge readiness is low risk.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: rewriting .md links only on anchor tags.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/docs/md-links.plugin.ts:
- Line 46: Update the link rewriting in resolveDocLinks to match actual anchor
elements rather than anchor-shaped text inside HTML comments or raw-text
elements, while still handling uppercase tags and attributes. Add regression
coverage for uppercase anchor-shaped text in both contexts and verify those
links remain unchanged.

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• apps/docs/md-links.plugin.spec.ts
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