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Link from a uses: with unspecified version goes to tree/undefined

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the ctrl-click behavior with a workflow step containing uses: actions/checkout, then trace the link handling for an unspecified version. Done means the link opens the repository main page rather than a URL containing tree/undefined; consider the extension version and the request for latest-version highlighting separately.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug
When writing uses: actions/checkout in a file, ctrl + clicking it to open in web browser opens it to github.com/actions/checkout/tree/undefined

To Reproduce

  1. Create workflow with uses: actions/checkout in a step
  2. ctrl + click it to go to github
  3. 404 page as there is no undefined tag

Expected behavior
It should go to the repository main page

Extension Version
v0.27.2

Additional context
It would be cool to know the latest version of that module in the highlight.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
661
Forks
214
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