# Meta links to Github often broken

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**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-links-to-github-often-broken/85151 "2018-04-12T11:59:35Z")\
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Actually, it’s fairly easy to come up with the permanent link if you’re parsing out the URL as they suggested.

Just replace the `:commit` segment with the actual commit hash you get back from the API. (And re-attach the query and anchor strings.)

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