We need to be able to use deep links to a particular version alias in the docs.
Proposed solution
Change the alias_type in the mike section in mkdocs.yml to use symlink instead of redirect.
Additional context
GitHub pages stopped supporting symlinks at some point unless they were built using GitHub Actions. Back then this was not the default and we didn't use GHA, so we had to change the config to use redirect instead. This is not ideal because we can't have deep link to a particular version that is an alias.
This setting was changed (or set explicitly to redirect) here:
What's needed?
We need to be able to use deep links to a particular version alias in the docs.
Proposed solution
Change the
alias_typein themikesection inmkdocs.ymlto usesymlinkinstead ofredirect.Additional context
GitHub pages stopped supporting symlinks at some point unless they were built using GitHub Actions. Back then this was not the default and we didn't use GHA, so we had to change the config to use
redirectinstead. This is not ideal because we can't have deep link to a particular version that is an alias.This setting was changed (or set explicitly to
redirect) here: