Figure out how to automatically check for broken links

[mbcann01]

Overview

I'd like to implement some kind of automatic checks for broken links in the book. There is an open issue requesting an automatic URL checker on Quarto's GitHub. That GitHub thread also recommends this website for doing manual checks.

Currently, I'm using the Test Quarto Book to experiment.

Left off at

Still looking for an automated solution. Try continuous integration?

Tasks

• [x] Figure out why the "Edit page on Github" links aren't working. I ran the 2023-07-12 of Test Quarto Book through the link checker and none of those links were working.
• [ ] Find a more automated, R-like way of checking for broken links than manually checking in dead link checker.

[mbcann01]

The reason the "Edit page on Github" links weren't working was...

1. I was passing the wrong URL to the repo-url parameter of _quarto.yml.
2. After I fixed the URL, I ran quarto publish gh-pages before committing and pushing the changes up to the GitHub repo.