From 1ee15856567b02e88d2598f7147b1a610ca131ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 19:26:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] Allow relative links in configurable file paths via
 allowRelativeLinksFile parameter

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../templates/steps/verify-links.yml          |  2 ++
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1           | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
index 62a95aea8a8e..d50bcadd8042 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ parameters:
   BranchReplaceRegex: "^(${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEREPOSITORYURI}(?:\\.git)?/(?:blob|tree)/)$(DefaultBranch)(/.*)$"
   BranchReplacementName: "${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCECOMMITID}"
   Condition: succeeded() # If you want to run on failure for the link checker, set it to `Condition: succeededOrFailed()`.
+  AllowRelativeLinksFile: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/allow-relative-links.txt'
 
 steps:
   - template: /eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml
@@ -32,3 +33,4 @@ steps:
         -localBuildRepoName "$env:BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME"
         -localBuildRepoPath $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
         -inputCacheFile "https://azuresdkartifacts.blob.core.windows.net/verify-links-cache/verify-links-cache.txt"
+        -allowRelativeLinksFile "${{ parameters.AllowRelativeLinksFile }}"
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 0eb1798da6ca..7b173f8d3341 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
   .PARAMETER requestTimeoutSec
   The number of seconds before we timeout when sending an individual web request. Default is 15 seconds.
 
+  .PARAMETER allowRelativeLinksFile
+  Path to a file containing file path patterns (supporting wildcards) for which relative links are permitted even when
+  checkLinkGuidance is true. Relative links in matching files are still verified for correctness. One pattern per line;
+  lines beginning with '#' are treated as comments.
+
   .EXAMPLE
   PS> .\Verify-Links.ps1 C:\README.md
 
@@ -80,7 +85,8 @@ param (
   [string] $localGithubClonedRoot = "",
   [string] $localBuildRepoName = "",
   [string] $localBuildRepoPath = "",
-  [string] $requestTimeoutSec = 15
+  [string] $requestTimeoutSec = 15,
+  [string] $allowRelativeLinksFile = ""
 )
 
 Set-StrictMode -Version 3.0
@@ -515,6 +521,29 @@ if (Test-Path $ignoreLinksFile) {
   $ignoreLinks = (Get-Content $ignoreLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.StartsWith("#") })
 }
 
+$allowRelativeLinkPatterns = @()
+if ($allowRelativeLinksFile -and (Test-Path $allowRelativeLinksFile)) {
+  $allowRelativeLinkPatterns = (Get-Content $allowRelativeLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.StartsWith("#") })
+  Write-Host "Loaded $($allowRelativeLinkPatterns.Count) allow-relative-links pattern(s) from '$allowRelativeLinksFile'."
+}
+
+function Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern([System.Uri]$pageUri) {
+  if ($allowRelativeLinkPatterns.Count -eq 0) { return $false }
+  $pathToCheck = if ($pageUri.IsFile) { $pageUri.LocalPath } else { $pageUri.ToString() }
+  # Normalize separators for consistent matching
+  $pathToCheck = $pathToCheck.Replace('\', '/')
+  foreach ($pattern in $allowRelativeLinkPatterns) {
+    $normalizedPattern = $pattern.Trim().Replace('\', '/')
+    # Convert glob pattern to regex: ** matches anything including separators, * matches within a segment
+    $regexPattern = "^.*" + [regex]::Escape($normalizedPattern).Replace("\*\*", ".*").Replace("\*", "[^/]*") + ".*$"
+    if ($pathToCheck -match $regexPattern) {
+      Write-Verbose "Page '$pathToCheck' matches allow-relative-links pattern '$normalizedPattern'."
+      return $true
+    }
+  }
+  return $false
+}
+
 # Use default hashtable constructor instead of @{} because we need them to be case sensitive
 $checkedPages = New-Object Hashtable
 $checkedLinks = New-Object Hashtable
@@ -573,6 +602,10 @@ while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
     # so we can disable the guidelines while validating copilot instruction files.
     if ($pageUri -match "instructions.md$") { $checkLinkGuidance = $false }
 
+    # Allow relative links for pages matching patterns in the allow-relative-links configuration file.
+    # The links themselves are still checked for correctness, only the relative-link restriction is lifted.
+    if ($checkLinkGuidance -and (Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern $pageUri)) { $checkLinkGuidance = $false }
+
     [string[]] $linkUris = GetLinks $pageUri
     Write-Host "Checking $($linkUris.Count) links found on page $pageUri";
     $badLinksPerPage = @();

From bfa5ab17dc5e10a956713d72be7e2a308bfbfe26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:34:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Only lift relative-link restriction for matching pages,
 keep other guidance checks active

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 7b173f8d3341..7ab0f3f3cbcf 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ function ResolveUri ([System.Uri]$referralUri, [string]$link)
 
   $linkUri = [System.Uri]$link;
   # Our link guidelines do not allow relative links so only resolve them when we are not
-  # validating links against our link guidelines (i.e. !$checkLinkGuideance)
-  if ($checkLinkGuidance -and !$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri) {
+  # validating links against our link guidelines (i.e. !$checkLinkGuideance) or when
+  # relative links are explicitly allowed for the current page.
+  if ($checkLinkGuidance -and !$allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage -and !$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri) {
     return $linkUri
   }
 
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ function CheckLink ([System.Uri]$linkUri, $allowRetry=$true)
       $linkValid = $false
     }
     # Check if the url is relative links, suppress the archor link validation.
-    if (!$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri -and !$link.StartsWith("#")) {
+    if (!$allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage -and !$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri -and !$link.StartsWith("#")) {
       LogWarning "DO NOT use relative link $linkUri. Please use absolute link instead. Check here for more information: https://aka.ms/azsdk/guideline/links"
       $linkValid = $false
     }
@@ -547,6 +548,7 @@ function Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern([System.Uri]$pageUri) {
 # Use default hashtable constructor instead of @{} because we need them to be case sensitive
 $checkedPages = New-Object Hashtable
 $checkedLinks = New-Object Hashtable
+$allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage = $false
 
 if ($inputCacheFile)
 {
@@ -604,7 +606,8 @@ while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
 
     # Allow relative links for pages matching patterns in the allow-relative-links configuration file.
     # The links themselves are still checked for correctness, only the relative-link restriction is lifted.
-    if ($checkLinkGuidance -and (Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern $pageUri)) { $checkLinkGuidance = $false }
+    # Other link guidance (e.g. http vs https, uppercase anchors, locale) continues to apply.
+    if ($checkLinkGuidance -and (Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern $pageUri)) { $allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage = $true }
 
     [string[]] $linkUris = GetLinks $pageUri
     Write-Host "Checking $($linkUris.Count) links found on page $pageUri";
@@ -631,6 +634,7 @@ while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
     throw
   } finally {
     $checkLinkGuidance = $originalcheckLinkGuidance
+    $allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage = $false
   }
 }
 

From 6af1dc78ec3ca0a44a9c6f57c87d4fbe9f2d8a20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 19:05:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Remove instructions.md special case; add .github/** to
 allow-relative-links.txt

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 7ab0f3f3cbcf..36eaf1f819ba 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@ foreach ($url in $urls) {
 
 LogGroupStart "Link checking details"
 
-$originalcheckLinkGuidance = $checkLinkGuidance
-
 while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
 {
   $pageUri = $pageUrisToCheck.Dequeue();
@@ -599,11 +597,6 @@ while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
     if ($checkedPages.ContainsKey($pageUri)) { continue }
     $checkedPages[$pageUri] = $true;
 
-    # copilot instructions require the use of relative links which is against our general guidance
-    # but we mainly care about those guidelines for docs publishing and not copilot instructions
-    # so we can disable the guidelines while validating copilot instruction files.
-    if ($pageUri -match "instructions.md$") { $checkLinkGuidance = $false }
-
     # Allow relative links for pages matching patterns in the allow-relative-links configuration file.
     # The links themselves are still checked for correctness, only the relative-link restriction is lifted.
     # Other link guidance (e.g. http vs https, uppercase anchors, locale) continues to apply.
@@ -633,7 +626,6 @@ while ($pageUrisToCheck.Count -ne 0)
     Write-Host "Exception encountered while processing pageUri $pageUri : $($_.Exception)"
     throw
   } finally {
-    $checkLinkGuidance = $originalcheckLinkGuidance
     $allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage = $false
   }
 }

From 25eb678a83c6ec0bf23f2f5e769a5fe463a5e5c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:29:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Move allow-relative-links.txt to eng/common/scripts/ so
 it syncs to all repos

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml | 2 +-
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1                   | 2 +-
 eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt           | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt

diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
index d50bcadd8042..9f629fdad96f 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ parameters:
   BranchReplaceRegex: "^(${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEREPOSITORYURI}(?:\\.git)?/(?:blob|tree)/)$(DefaultBranch)(/.*)$"
   BranchReplacementName: "${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCECOMMITID}"
   Condition: succeeded() # If you want to run on failure for the link checker, set it to `Condition: succeededOrFailed()`.
-  AllowRelativeLinksFile: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/allow-relative-links.txt'
+  AllowRelativeLinksFile: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt'
 
 steps:
   - template: /eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 36eaf1f819ba..4c1c195f1556 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ param (
   [string] $localBuildRepoName = "",
   [string] $localBuildRepoPath = "",
   [string] $requestTimeoutSec = 15,
-  [string] $allowRelativeLinksFile = ""
+  [string] $allowRelativeLinksFile = "$PSScriptRoot/allow-relative-links.txt"
 )
 
 Set-StrictMode -Version 3.0
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7ff2dc8d174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Files matching patterns listed here are permitted to use relative links even when checkLinkGuidance is enabled.
+# Relative links in matching files are still verified for correctness.
+# One glob pattern per line. Lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
+# Patterns support wildcards: * matches within a path segment, ** matches across segments.
+#
+# Allow relative links for all markdown files under the .github folder (e.g. copilot instructions).
+.github/**

From eb9d663f4313fce7ab4fb9c004239bcf1dc65648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes Haggard <weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:38:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Update allow-relative-links.txt

---
 eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
index c7ff2dc8d174..57364dbbfd17 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 #
 # Allow relative links for all markdown files under the .github folder (e.g. copilot instructions).
 .github/**
+eng/**

From d4856263531b2fdcb1b3d1ce7ef50d5bc6e67e9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes Haggard <weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:42:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] Change Write-Host to Write-Verbose for logging

---
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 4c1c195f1556..9d3713eea284 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ if (Test-Path $ignoreLinksFile) {
 $allowRelativeLinkPatterns = @()
 if ($allowRelativeLinksFile -and (Test-Path $allowRelativeLinksFile)) {
   $allowRelativeLinkPatterns = (Get-Content $allowRelativeLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.StartsWith("#") })
-  Write-Host "Loaded $($allowRelativeLinkPatterns.Count) allow-relative-links pattern(s) from '$allowRelativeLinksFile'."
+  Write-Verbose "Loaded $($allowRelativeLinkPatterns.Count) allow-relative-links pattern(s) from '$allowRelativeLinksFile'."
 }
 
 function Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern([System.Uri]$pageUri) {

From 83a1006eff8053fc499e45310f982805b9acd331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes Haggard <weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:54:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] Update eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 9d3713eea284..8e6d7f6792d7 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function ResolveUri ([System.Uri]$referralUri, [string]$link)
 
   $linkUri = [System.Uri]$link;
   # Our link guidelines do not allow relative links so only resolve them when we are not
-  # validating links against our link guidelines (i.e. !$checkLinkGuideance) or when
+  # validating links against our link guidelines (i.e. !$checkLinkGuidance) or when
   # relative links are explicitly allowed for the current page.
   if ($checkLinkGuidance -and !$allowRelativeLinksForCurrentPage -and !$linkUri.IsAbsoluteUri) {
     return $linkUri

From 487ca5aef3fc5a60f6f17908ef6f9ea58fedcce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:20:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] Address review feedback: trim comments, precompute
 regexes, Join-Path, remove eng/**

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1         | 31 ++++++++++++---------
 eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt |  3 +-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 8e6d7f6792d7..da8eca8c8995 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ param (
   [string] $localBuildRepoName = "",
   [string] $localBuildRepoPath = "",
   [string] $requestTimeoutSec = 15,
-  [string] $allowRelativeLinksFile = "$PSScriptRoot/allow-relative-links.txt"
+  [string] $allowRelativeLinksFile = (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "allow-relative-links.txt")
 )
 
 Set-StrictMode -Version 3.0
@@ -519,26 +519,31 @@ if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 6)
 }
 $ignoreLinks = @();
 if (Test-Path $ignoreLinksFile) {
-  $ignoreLinks = (Get-Content $ignoreLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.StartsWith("#") })
+  $ignoreLinks = (Get-Content $ignoreLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.Trim().StartsWith("#") })
 }
 
-$allowRelativeLinkPatterns = @()
+$allowRelativeLinkRegexes = @()
 if ($allowRelativeLinksFile -and (Test-Path $allowRelativeLinksFile)) {
-  $allowRelativeLinkPatterns = (Get-Content $allowRelativeLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.StartsWith("#") })
-  Write-Verbose "Loaded $($allowRelativeLinkPatterns.Count) allow-relative-links pattern(s) from '$allowRelativeLinksFile'."
+  $allowRelativeLinkRegexes = (Get-Content $allowRelativeLinksFile).Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.Trim().StartsWith("#") }) | ForEach-Object {
+    $normalizedPattern = $_.Trim().Replace('\', '/')
+    # Convert glob pattern to regex: ** matches anything including separators, * matches within a segment
+    $regexStr = "^.*" + [regex]::Escape($normalizedPattern).Replace("\*\*", ".*").Replace("\*", "[^/]*") + ".*$"
+    @{
+      Pattern = $normalizedPattern
+      Regex   = [System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::new($regexStr, [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::IgnoreCase)
+    }
+  }
+  Write-Verbose "Loaded $($allowRelativeLinkRegexes.Count) allow-relative-links pattern(s) from '$allowRelativeLinksFile'."
 }
 
 function Test-PageUriMatchesRelativeLinkPattern([System.Uri]$pageUri) {
-  if ($allowRelativeLinkPatterns.Count -eq 0) { return $false }
+  if ($allowRelativeLinkRegexes.Count -eq 0) { return $false }
   $pathToCheck = if ($pageUri.IsFile) { $pageUri.LocalPath } else { $pageUri.ToString() }
   # Normalize separators for consistent matching
   $pathToCheck = $pathToCheck.Replace('\', '/')
-  foreach ($pattern in $allowRelativeLinkPatterns) {
-    $normalizedPattern = $pattern.Trim().Replace('\', '/')
-    # Convert glob pattern to regex: ** matches anything including separators, * matches within a segment
-    $regexPattern = "^.*" + [regex]::Escape($normalizedPattern).Replace("\*\*", ".*").Replace("\*", "[^/]*") + ".*$"
-    if ($pathToCheck -match $regexPattern) {
-      Write-Verbose "Page '$pathToCheck' matches allow-relative-links pattern '$normalizedPattern'."
+  foreach ($entry in $allowRelativeLinkRegexes) {
+    if ($entry.Regex.IsMatch($pathToCheck)) {
+      Write-Verbose "Page '$pathToCheck' matches allow-relative-links pattern '$($entry.Pattern)'."
       return $true
     }
   }
@@ -566,7 +571,7 @@ if ($inputCacheFile)
   elseif (Test-Path $inputCacheFile) {
     $cacheContent = Get-Content $inputCacheFile -Raw
   }
-  $goodLinks = $cacheContent.Split("`n").Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.StartsWith("#") })
+  $goodLinks = $cacheContent.Split("`n").Where({ $_.Trim() -ne "" -and !$_.Trim().StartsWith("#") })
 
   foreach ($goodLink in $goodLinks) {
     $goodLink = $goodLink.Trim()
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
index 57364dbbfd17..599dcd5cca51 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 # One glob pattern per line. Lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
 # Patterns support wildcards: * matches within a path segment, ** matches across segments.
 #
-# Allow relative links for all markdown files under the .github folder (e.g. copilot instructions).
+# Allow relative links for all files under the .github folder (e.g. copilot instructions).
 .github/**
-eng/**

From e9bea073ca1acd840ac62229c2fec019cad5bd0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:24:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Restore eng/** to allow-relative-links.txt with updated
 comment

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
index 599dcd5cca51..2e7895e0b7bc 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/allow-relative-links.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 #
 # Allow relative links for all files under the .github folder (e.g. copilot instructions).
 .github/**
+# Allow relative links for all files under the eng folder (e.g. engineering system scripts and templates).
+eng/**