Github preview with anchors should preview the anchor rather than the top of the file

Atemu · October 18, 2024, 5:37am

When you link a Github file with an anchor, the preview which Discourse renders is of the top of the file rather than from the anchor on.

See for instance:

github.com

discourse/discourse/blob/main/README.md#development

<a href="https://www.discourse.org/">
  <img src="images/discourse-readme-logo.png" width="300px">
</a>

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This should preview show the development section, not the top of the readme.

(Not sure whether this is actually a bug.)

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Github preview with anchors should preview the anchor rather than the top of the file

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