original version
This adds redirect stances to the techdocs_metadata.json file so they can be leveraged by Backstage at runtime to perform the redirections on the frontend.
This will be completed by an add-on contribution to backstage itself.
Closing due to the other PR no longer being considered. This redirection functionality has been scoped out as a future feature and is a part of our backlog.
Updated text:
This adds the mkdocs-redirects plug-in to the TechDocs image so it may be leveraged by the
TechDocsRedirect
backstage add-on.This also adds a few fixtures to test it. See https://github.com/backstage/backstage/pull/14730 for the backstage PR.
REVISED
original version This adds redirect stances to the techdocs_metadata.json file so they can be leveraged by Backstage at runtime to perform the redirections on the frontend.
This will be completed by an add-on contribution to backstage itself.