%23 in URL interpreted as #

[ndsvw]

Steps:

1. Create a file test.md with only this content: https://github.com/atinfo/awesome-test-automation/blob/master/c%23-test-automation.md
2. Run markdown-link-check test.md

Expected:

• No failure, because site exists and is online

Actual:

ERROR: 1 dead links found!

• I think, the %23 is interpreted as the # character and the link checker tries to reach https://github.com/atinfo/awesome-test-automation/blob/master/c, which fails.

[erikbosch]

I noticed a similar problem for %2F (i.e. /), giving an error on the link below. Possibly same root cause, that the %2F is not kept but replaced.

https://github.com/eclipse-kuksa/kuksa-python-sdk/pkgs/container/kuksa-python-sdk%2Fkuksa-client

[cc-stjm]

I think the underlying issue here is https://github.com/tcort/link-check/issues/45 - discovered this myself earlier and it puts me off what is otherwise a very useful tool

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[ndsvw]

I was able to reproduce this in the current version 3.13.7, @tcort.