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Finding a null followed by a see cref ports them without space

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp

Research direction

Start by reproducing the XML example from the issue in the documentation-porting path that handles adjacent see elements, using the linked pull request as context. Done means a null see element followed by a cref see element is emitted with a separating space, with a regression test covering the example.

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Description

port-to-docs

Example: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/pull/8478/files#r991548195

Actual:

<see langword="null" /><see cref="F:Microsoft.Extensions.Options.Options.DefaultName" />

Expected:

<see langword="null" /> <see cref="F:Microsoft.Extensions.Options.Options.DefaultName" />
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C#
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14
Forks
21
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No merged PRs in 30d

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