Fix markdown-link-check to run properly, fix JSON parse warning in CredScan

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/branch-checklist.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ _Descriptions of these steps can be found in the team OneNote._
   - [ ] Update the [signed build definition](https://devdiv.visualstudio.com/DevDiv/_build?definitionId=9675) to build the new branch
 - [ ] Update Roslyn Tools [config.xml](https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-tools/blob/main/src/GitHubCreateMergePRs/config.xml) file to flow branch changes to the latest dev branch
   - [ ] dotnet/roslyn-tools PR: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-tools/pull/❓
-- [ ] Update [Versions.props](..\..\build\import\Versions.props) (via `<ProjectSystemVersion>`) and [version.json](..\..\version.json) (via `"version"` and `"assemblyVersion"`) to match the version of VS, if needed
+- [ ] Update [Versions.props](..\\..\build\import\Versions.props) (via `<ProjectSystemVersion>`) and [version.json](..\\..\version.json) (via `"version"` and `"assemblyVersion"`) to match the version of VS, if needed
     - [ ] In new branch: https://github.com/dotnet/project-system/blob/dev17.❓.x/build/import/Versions.props
     - [ ] In `main`: https://github.com/dotnet/project-system/blob/main/build/import/Versions.props
 - [ ] Clone existing release definition to insert this branch into VS (see OneNote)

.github/workflows/markdown-link-check-config.json

@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 {
   "ignorePatterns": [
     {
-      "pattern": "^https://.*\.visualstudio\.com"
+      "pattern": "^https:\/\/.*\\.visualstudio\\.com"
+    },
+    {
+      "pattern": "^https:\/\/dev\\.azure\\.com"
+    },
+    {
+      "pattern": "^https:\/\/aka\\.ms"
+    },
+    {
+      "pattern": ".*❓.*"
     }
   ],
   "replacementPatterns": [
     {
       "pattern": "^/",
       "replacement": "{{BASEURL}}/"
     }
+  ],
+  "httpHeaders": [
+    {
+      "urls": ["https://docs.github.com/"],
+      "headers": {
+        "Accept-Encoding": "zstd, br, gzip, deflate"
+      }
+    }
   ]
 }

.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   markdown-link-check:
-    name: verify
+    name: markdown-link-check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:

SECURITY.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The .NET Core and ASP.NET Core support policy, including supported versions can
 
 Security issues and bugs should be reported privately to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), either by emailing [email protected] or via the portal at https://msrc.microsoft.com. 
 You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your 
-original message. Further information, including the MSRC PGP key, can be found in the [MSRC Report an Issue FAQ](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/faqs-report-an-issue).
+original message. Further information, including the MSRC PGP key, can be found in the [MSRC Report an Issue FAQ](https://www.microsoft.com/msrc/faqs-report-an-issue).
 
 Reports via MSRC may qualify for the .NET Core Bug Bounty. Details of the .NET Core Bug Bounty including terms and conditions are at [https://aka.ms/corebounty](https://aka.ms/corebounty).
 

build/README.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   - *Potential change*: Rename this folder to `pipelines` as part of: https://github.com/dotnet/project-system/issues/7915
 
 #### Notable Files
-- [official.yml](build\official.yml): This file is our official build pipeline that produces the signed packages (VSIX) that used for insertion into Visual Studio.
-- [unit-tests.yml](build\unit-tests.yml): This file is our build pipeline used when validating pull requests into the repo from GitHub.
+- [official.yml](ci\official.yml): This file is our official build pipeline that produces the signed packages (VSIX) that used for insertion into Visual Studio.
+- [unit-tests.yml](ci\unit-tests.yml): This file is our build pipeline used when validating pull requests into the repo from GitHub.
 
 ### `import`
 - This directory is highly accessed as part of the MSBuild pipeline to produce our assemblies, run tests, create packages, etc.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 ### `loc`
 - This directory contains the **OneLocBuildSetup** project which creates the `LocProject.json` and copies language-specific XLF files to become language-neutral; both of these are required for the [OneLocBuild](https://aka.ms/OneLocBuild) process for localization.
-- The **OneLocBuildSetup** project is only build and used as part of the [one-loc-build.yml](build\one-loc-build.yml) pipeline.
+- The **OneLocBuildSetup** project is only build and used as part of the [one-loc-build.yml](ci\one-loc-build.yml) pipeline.
   - *Potential change*: This pipeline might be combined into another pipeline as part of: https://github.com/dotnet/project-system/issues/7915
 
 ### `optprof`

docs/repo/getting-started.md

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 #### Prerequisites
 - [Visual Studio 16.3 Preview 2 or higher](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/preview/)
 - GitHub account
-- Basic Git experience: https://try.github.io/
+- Basic Git experience: https://docs.github.com/get-started/quickstart/set-up-git
 
 All commands below are run under a [Visual Studio Developer Prompt](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229859(v=vs.150).aspx).
 
 ## Code
 
-Contribution to this repository is via the [fork model](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/). Contributors push changes to their own "forked" version of project-system, and then submit a pull request into it requesting those changes be merged.
+Contribution to this repository is via the [fork model](https://docs.github.com/get-started/quickstart/fork-a-repo). Contributors push changes to their own "forked" version of project-system, and then submit a pull request into it requesting those changes be merged.
 
 To get started:
 

setup/README.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 - This project is an SDK-style VS Extension project, creating the VSIX package defined by the `source.extension.vsixmanifest`.
   - This project type is able to build via a workaround in our [Directory.Build.targets](..\Directory.Build.targets) that loads the `Microsoft.VsSDK.targets` manually.
   - The assembly produced from the `.csproj` is not used.
-  - The assemblies from [Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner.csproj](..\src\Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner\Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner.csproj) and [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.csproj](..\src\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.csproj) are included in the produced VSIX package.
+  - The assemblies from [Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner.csproj](..\src\Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner\Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner.vbproj) and [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.csproj](..\src\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.vbproj) are included in the produced VSIX package.
 - The `.vsmanproj` creates the `.vsman` manifest, which is inserted into VS as `Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.vsman`.
 
 ## High-level Design