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Replace GitHub URLs outside of the owner namespace to avoid backlink spam #214

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions src/githubHelper.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1275,6 +1275,15 @@ export class GithubHelper {
milestoneReplacer(p1, '')
);

// Replace github.com URLs to other organizations with redirect.github.com to avoid backlink spam
let urlMassager = (str: string) => {
return 'redirect.github.com';
}

// Keep owner internal links/back links intact
reString = `((?:to|redirect\\.|www\\.)?github\\.com)(?!\\/${settings.github.owner}\\/)`;
str = str.replace(new RegExp(reString, 'g'), (_, p1) => urlMassager(p1));

//
// Label reference conversion
//
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