Without Codacy's Remark-lint triggering [no-undefined-references] [no-shortcut-reference-link] notices, how to use Markdown footnotes?

[SwuduSusuwu]

Found remarkjs/remark-lint#234, which just says that you have to update .remarkrc to allow use of Pandoc footnotes.

But the problem is with Remark-lint through GitHub's Codacy scan tool (which does not have .remarkrc to configure, just .github/workflows/codacy.yml).

Must disable Codacy's whole Remark-lint just to use footnotes? Or is there some other form of footnotes which Remark-lint allows (just not Pandoc footnotes)?

List of Remark-lint errors is at https://github.com/SwuduSusuwu/SubStack/runs/34401539110, the exact commit which triggered this is SwuduSusuwu/SubStack@188d87f

remarkjs/remark-lint#234 says that Pandoc block footnotes should not trigger no-undefined-references, so perhaps this is not a duplicate.

[SwuduSusuwu]

Is this problem similar to sindresorhus/awesome-lint#160 ? Is it that derivatives of Remark-lint (which do not expose their own .remarkrc) have no solution?

[SwuduSusuwu]

https://github.com/codacy/codacy-remark-lint/issues redirects to https://github.com/codacy/codacy-remark-lint/pulls (or would have posted them an issue for this.)

[SwuduSusuwu]

Am just aware of the "Pandoc" style of footnotes.
Asked Assistant about other versions of footnotes, but all it gave was the [^<number>] version of footnotes.
Which version of footnotes does Remark-lint allow you to use?

[ChristianMurphy]

Found remarkjs/remark-lint#234, which just says that you have to update .remarkrc to allow use of Pandoc footnotes.

That issue is 4 years old and refers to code multiple major versions ago.
The new version support GFM style https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-30-footnotes-now-supported-in-markdown-fields/

Must disable Codacy's whole Remark-lint just to use footnotes? Or is there some other form of footnotes which Remark-lint allows (just not Pandoc footnotes)?

Take a moment to read https://unifiedjs.com/learn/
remark-lint works on syntax trees, which allows you to add or remove syntax features without needing to disable lint rules.
If you add a parser that supports your flavor of footnotes the rules will work.

Is this problem similar to sindresorhus/awesome-lint#160 ?

Yes in the sense of the last comment.
You need to define the extensions to markdown you want to support in a config.

Is it that derivatives of Remark-lint (which do not expose their own .remarkrc) have no solution?

If codecy disables or overrides your remark configuration that would indeed be problematic for supporting footnotes.
But that is an issue with codecy not here.

[SwuduSusuwu]

The new version support GFM style https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-30-footnotes-now-supported-in-markdown-fields/

That shows the Pandoc syntax of block footnotes (used in the 4 year old issue, and which triggered Codacy's Remark-lint.)

Must disable Codacy's whole Remark-lint just to use footnotes? Or is there some other form of footnotes which Remark-lint allows (just not Pandoc footnotes)?

Take a moment to read https://unifiedjs.com/learn/ remark-lint works on syntax trees, which allows you to add or remove syntax features without needing to disable lint rules. If you add a parser that supports your flavor of footnotes the rules will work.

It sounds as if that just has use for local Remark-lint installs. The question is; for cloud tools (which use the default Remark-lint rules,) how to use Markdown footnotes?

Is this problem similar to sindresorhus/awesome-lint#160 ?

Yes in the sense of the last comment. You need to define the extensions to markdown you want to support in a config.

Is it that derivatives of Remark-lint (which do not expose their own .remarkrc) have no solution?

If codecy disables or overrides your remark configuration that would indeed be problematic for supporting footnotes. But that is an issue with codecy not here.

Codacy uses the default Remark-lint rules. it does not offer options to change the configuration. The issue is that Remark-lint's default rules do not allow footnotes, although most instances of Markdown for the last 4 years have supported footnotes.

[ChristianMurphy]

Codacy uses the default Remark-lint rules. it does not offer options to change the configuration.

Raise this with codecy

The issue is that Remark-lint's default rules do not allow footnotes

No, it supports footnotes.
Their/your configuration has them disabled.

The question is; for cloud tools (which use the default Remark-lint rules,) how to use Markdown footnotes?

Have the cloud tool support configuration so you can enable or disable things as you please.