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MD037 does not ignore '_' in link reference

See original GitHub issue

In vscode, I see a warning for _Setup_ and _Installation_ complaining about “Spaces inside emphasis markers” for _ and _ but no error for *Setup* and *Installation*.

I assume that the behavior with the asterisk is correct, and the underscore is incorrect. I hope the underscore is not the correct interpretation of the rule.

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Created 3 years ago
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DavidAnsoncommented, May 2, 2020

You are correct that this is a bug in markdownlint. ‘_’ is allowed in a link label, so ideally the linter would recognize that and not try to treat it as the start of an emphasis. Thank you for the example – I will look to improve this in a future release.

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acasconecommented, May 2, 2020

Ok, I feel like I might have wasted your time. It’s related to a reference style link on the line before.

Please see: https://dlaa.me/markdownlint/#%25m%23 Issue 114 [reference_link] _Setup_ and _Installation_ <-- issue [reference_link] *Setup* and *Installation* <-- no issue [reference_link]%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com

EDIT: updated to show issue with underscore vs not, but still this seems like user error. It was just unexpected.