From 7d416b92600859280f05196aa3884e3c0a29f89a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:49:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix verify-links regex to handle optional .git suffix in
 repository URIs

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
index 896b30d0fe38..a545702aad7a 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ parameters:
   Recursive: $false
   CheckLinkGuidance: $true
   Urls: '(Get-ChildItem -Path ./ -Recurse -Include *.md)'
-  BranchReplaceRegex: "^(${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEREPOSITORYURI}/(?:blob|tree)/)$(DefaultBranch)(/.*)$"
+  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()`.
 

From 7e396904d08960d6a6f3735d7d407eb96fdc3c0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:08:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Escape backslash in YAML regex pattern for Azure DevOps
 parsing

Co-authored-by: weshaggard <9010698+weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
index a545702aad7a..62a95aea8a8e 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ parameters:
   Recursive: $false
   CheckLinkGuidance: $true
   Urls: '(Get-ChildItem -Path ./ -Recurse -Include *.md)'
-  BranchReplaceRegex: "^(${env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEREPOSITORYURI}(?:\.git)?/(?:blob|tree)/)$(DefaultBranch)(/.*)$"
+  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()`.