doc: add explicit bracket for markdown reference links

Use explicit trailing `[]` for reference markdown links to prevent
implicit links when references are added to documents.

PR-URL: #29808
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>

Author: nschonni

doc/api/assert.md

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ All instances contain the built-in `Error` properties (`message` and `name`)
 and:
 
 * `actual` {any} Set to the `actual` argument for methods such as
-  [`assert.strictEqual()`].
+  [`assert.strictEqual()`][].
 * `expected` {any} Set to the `expected` value for methods such as
-  [`assert.strictEqual()`].
+  [`assert.strictEqual()`][].
 * `generatedMessage` {boolean} Indicates if the message was auto-generated
   (`true`) or not.
 * `code` {string} Value is always `ERR_ASSERTION` to show that the error is an
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ If `message` is falsy, the error message is set as the values of `actual` and
 `message` is provided as third argument it will be used as the error message and
 the other arguments will be stored as properties on the thrown object. If
 `stackStartFn` is provided, all stack frames above that function will be
-removed from stacktrace (see [`Error.captureStackTrace`]). If no arguments are
+removed from stacktrace (see [`Error.captureStackTrace`][]). If no arguments are
 given, the default message `Failed` will be used.
 
 ```js

doc/api/crypto.md

@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ and Ed448 are currently supported.
 
 If a `publicKeyEncoding` or `privateKeyEncoding` was specified, this function
 behaves as if [`keyObject.export()`][] had been called on its result. Otherwise,
-the respective part of the key is returned as a [`KeyObject`].
+the respective part of the key is returned as a [`KeyObject`][].
 
 It is recommended to encode public keys as `'spki'` and private keys as
 `'pkcs8'` with encryption for long-term storage:
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ and Ed448 are currently supported.
 
 If a `publicKeyEncoding` or `privateKeyEncoding` was specified, this function
 behaves as if [`keyObject.export()`][] had been called on its result. Otherwise,
-the respective part of the key is returned as a [`KeyObject`].
+the respective part of the key is returned as a [`KeyObject`][].
 
 When encoding public keys, it is recommended to use `'spki'`. When encoding
 private keys, it is recommended to use `'pks8'` with a strong passphrase, and to

doc/api/deprecations.md

@@ -2516,8 +2516,8 @@ changes:
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-Prefer [`response.socket`][] over [`response.connection`] and
-[`request.socket`][] over [`request.connection`].
+Prefer [`response.socket`][] over [`response.connection`][] and
+[`request.socket`][] over [`request.connection`][].
 
 <a id="DEP0134"></a>
 ### DEP0134: process._tickCallback

doc/api/errors.md

@@ -460,12 +460,12 @@ system error.
 * {number}
 
 The `error.errno` property is a negative number which corresponds
-to the error code defined in [`libuv Error handling`].
+to the error code defined in [`libuv Error handling`][].
 
 On Windows the error number provided by the system will be normalized by libuv.
 
 To get the string representation of the error code, use
-[`util.getSystemErrorName(error.errno)`].
+[`util.getSystemErrorName(error.errno)`][].
 
 ### error.info
 
@@ -1285,8 +1285,8 @@ semantics for determining whether a path can be used is platform-dependent.
 ### ERR_INVALID_HANDLE_TYPE
 
 An attempt was made to send an unsupported "handle" over an IPC communication
-channel to a child process. See [`subprocess.send()`] and [`process.send()`] for
-more information.
+channel to a child process. See [`subprocess.send()`][] and [`process.send()`][]
+for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN"></a>
 ### ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN
@@ -1438,36 +1438,36 @@ for more information.
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_ASSERT_INTEGRITY
 
 An attempt was made to load a resource, but the resource did not match the
-integrity defined by the policy manifest. See the documentation for [policy]
+integrity defined by the policy manifest. See the documentation for [policy][]
 manifests for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_MANIFEST_DEPENDENCY_MISSING"></a>
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_DEPENDENCY_MISSING
 
 An attempt was made to load a resource, but the resource was not listed as a
 dependency from the location that attempted to load it. See the documentation
-for [policy] manifests for more information.
+for [policy][] manifests for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_MANIFEST_INTEGRITY_MISMATCH"></a>
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_INTEGRITY_MISMATCH
 
 An attempt was made to load a policy manifest, but the manifest had multiple
 entries for a resource which did not match each other. Update the manifest
 entries to match in order to resolve this error. See the documentation for
-[policy] manifests for more information.
+[policy][] manifests for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_MANIFEST_INVALID_RESOURCE_FIELD"></a>
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_INVALID_RESOURCE_FIELD
 
 A policy manifest resource had an invalid value for one of its fields. Update
 the manifest entry to match in order to resolve this error. See the
-documentation for [policy] manifests for more information.
+documentation for [policy][] manifests for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_MANIFEST_PARSE_POLICY"></a>
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_PARSE_POLICY
 
 An attempt was made to load a policy manifest, but the manifest was unable to
-be parsed. See the documentation for [policy] manifests for more information.
+be parsed. See the documentation for [policy][] manifests for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_MANIFEST_TDZ"></a>
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_TDZ
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ initialization has not yet taken place. This is likely a bug in Node.js.
 ### ERR_MANIFEST_UNKNOWN_ONERROR
 
 A policy manifest was loaded, but had an unknown value for its "onerror"
-behavior. See the documentation for [policy] manifests for more information.
+behavior. See the documentation for [policy][] manifests for more information.
 
 <a id="ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED"></a>
 ### ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED

doc/api/fs.md

@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ Using `fs.stat()` to check for the existence of a file before calling
 Instead, user code should open/read/write the file directly and handle the
 error raised if the file is not available.
 
-To check if a file exists without manipulating it afterwards, [`fs.access()`]
+To check if a file exists without manipulating it afterwards, [`fs.access()`][]
 is recommended.
 
 For example, given the following folder structure:
@@ -3541,12 +3541,13 @@ The recursive option is only supported on macOS and Windows.
 This feature depends on the underlying operating system providing a way
 to be notified of filesystem changes.
 
-* On Linux systems, this uses [`inotify(7)`].
-* On BSD systems, this uses [`kqueue(2)`].
-* On macOS, this uses [`kqueue(2)`] for files and [`FSEvents`] for directories.
-* On SunOS systems (including Solaris and SmartOS), this uses [`event ports`].
-* On Windows systems, this feature depends on [`ReadDirectoryChangesW`].
-* On Aix systems, this feature depends on [`AHAFS`], which must be enabled.
+* On Linux systems, this uses [`inotify(7)`][].
+* On BSD systems, this uses [`kqueue(2)`][].
+* On macOS, this uses [`kqueue(2)`][] for files and [`FSEvents`][] for
+  directories.
+* On SunOS systems (including Solaris and SmartOS), this uses [`event ports`][].
+* On Windows systems, this feature depends on [`ReadDirectoryChangesW`][].
+* On Aix systems, this feature depends on [`AHAFS`][], which must be enabled.
 
 If the underlying functionality is not available for some reason, then
 `fs.watch` will not be able to function. For example, watching files or

doc/api/globals.md

@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ Used to handle binary data. See the [buffer section][].
 
 ## \_\_dirname
 
-This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__dirname`].
+This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__dirname`][].
 
 ## \_\_filename
 
-This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__filename`].
+This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__filename`][].
 
 ## clearImmediate(immediateObject)
 <!-- YAML
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ added: v0.9.1
 
 <!--type=global-->
 
-[`clearImmediate`] is described in the [timers][] section.
+[`clearImmediate`][] is described in the [timers][] section.
 
 ## clearInterval(intervalObject)
 <!-- YAML
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ added: v0.0.1
 
 <!--type=global-->
 
-[`clearInterval`] is described in the [timers][] section.
+[`clearInterval`][] is described in the [timers][] section.
 
 ## clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
 <!-- YAML
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ added: v0.0.1
 
 <!--type=global-->
 
-[`clearTimeout`] is described in the [timers][] section.
+[`clearTimeout`][] is described in the [timers][] section.
 
 ## console
 <!-- YAML
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Used to print to stdout and stderr. See the [`console`][] section.
 
 ## exports
 
-This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`exports`].
+This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`exports`][].
 
 ## global
 <!-- YAML
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Node.js this is different. The top-level scope is not the global scope;
 
 ## module
 
-This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`module`].
+This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`module`][].
 
 ## process
 <!-- YAML
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ DataHandler.prototype.load = async function load(key) {
 
 ## require()
 
-This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`require()`].
+This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`require()`][].
 
 ## setImmediate(callback[, ...args])
 <!-- YAML
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ added: v0.9.1
 
 <!-- type=global -->
 
-[`setImmediate`] is described in the [timers][] section.
+[`setImmediate`][] is described in the [timers][] section.
 
 ## setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])
 <!-- YAML
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ added: v0.0.1
 
 <!-- type=global -->
 
-[`setInterval`] is described in the [timers][] section.
+[`setInterval`][] is described in the [timers][] section.
 
 ## setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])
 <!-- YAML
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ added: v0.0.1
 
 <!-- type=global -->
 
-[`setTimeout`] is described in the [timers][] section.
+[`setTimeout`][] is described in the [timers][] section.
 
 ## TextDecoder
 <!-- YAML

doc/api/http.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ the requests to that server, but each one will occur over a new connection.
 When a connection is closed by the client or the server, it is removed
 from the pool. Any unused sockets in the pool will be unrefed so as not
 to keep the Node.js process running when there are no outstanding requests.
-(see [`socket.unref()`]).
+(see [`socket.unref()`][]).
 
 It is good practice, to [`destroy()`][] an `Agent` instance when it is no
 longer in use, because unused sockets consume OS resources.

doc/api/http2.md

@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ added: v9.4.0
 -->
 
 Calls [`ref()`][`net.Socket.prototype.ref()`] on this `Http2Session`
-instance's underlying [`net.Socket`].
+instance's underlying [`net.Socket`][].
 
 #### http2session.remoteSettings
 <!-- YAML
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ added: v9.4.0
 -->
 
 Calls [`unref()`][`net.Socket.prototype.unref()`] on this `Http2Session`
-instance's underlying [`net.Socket`].
+instance's underlying [`net.Socket`][].
 
 ### Class: ServerHttp2Session
 <!-- YAML
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ added: v8.4.0
 
 Stops the server from establishing new sessions. This does not prevent new
 request streams from being created due to the persistent nature of HTTP/2
-sessions. To gracefully shut down the server, call [`http2session.close()`] on
+sessions. To gracefully shut down the server, call [`http2session.close()`][] on
 all active sessions.
 
 If `callback` is provided, it is not invoked until all active sessions have been
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ added: v8.4.0
 
 Stops the server from establishing new sessions. This does not prevent new
 request streams from being created due to the persistent nature of HTTP/2
-sessions. To gracefully shut down the server, call [`http2session.close()`] on
+sessions. To gracefully shut down the server, call [`http2session.close()`][] on
 all active sessions.
 
 If `callback` is provided, it is not invoked until all active sessions have been
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ added: v8.4.0
   * `stream` {ServerHttp2Stream} The newly-created `ServerHttp2Stream` object
 
 Call [`http2stream.pushStream()`][] with the given headers, and wrap the
-given [`Http2Stream`] on a newly created `Http2ServerResponse` as the callback
+given [`Http2Stream`][] on a newly created `Http2ServerResponse` as the callback
 parameter if successful. When `Http2ServerRequest` is closed, the callback is
 called with an error `ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_STREAM`.
 

doc/api/inspector.md

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ added: v8.0.0
 -->
 
 Immediately close the session. All pending message callbacks will be called
-with an error. [`session.connect()`] will need to be called to be able to send
+with an error. [`session.connect()`][] will need to be called to be able to send
 messages again. Reconnected session will lose all inspector state, such as
 enabled agents or configured breakpoints.
 

doc/api/process.md

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ all `'exit'` listeners have finished running the Node.js process will terminate.
 
 The listener callback function is invoked with the exit code specified either
 by the [`process.exitCode`][] property, or the `exitCode` argument passed to the
-[`process.exit()`] method.
+[`process.exit()`][] method.
 
 ```js
 process.on('exit', (code) => {
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ added: v0.1.27
 
 The `process.argv` property returns an array containing the command line
 arguments passed when the Node.js process was launched. The first element will
-be [`process.execPath`]. See `process.argv0` if access to the original value of
-`argv[0]` is needed. The second element will be the path to the JavaScript
+be [`process.execPath`][]. See `process.argv0` if access to the original value
+of `argv[0]` is needed. The second element will be the path to the JavaScript
 file being executed. The remaining elements will be any additional command line
 arguments.
 
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ added: v0.1.13
 The `process.exit()` method instructs Node.js to terminate the process
 synchronously with an exit status of `code`. If `code` is omitted, exit uses
 either the 'success' code `0` or the value of `process.exitCode` if it has been
-set. Node.js will not terminate until all the [`'exit'`] event listeners are
+set. Node.js will not terminate until all the [`'exit'`][] event listeners are
 called.
 
 To exit with a 'failure' code:
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ changes:
 fully drained after the current operation on the JavaScript stack runs to
 completion and before the event loop is allowed to continue. It's possible to
 create an infinite loop if one were to recursively call `process.nextTick()`.
-See the [Event Loop] guide for more background.
+See the [Event Loop][] guide for more background.
 
 ```js
 console.log('start');

doc/api/readline.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 > Stability: 2 - Stable
 
 The `readline` module provides an interface for reading data from a [Readable][]
-stream (such as [`process.stdin`]) one line at a time. It can be accessed using:
+stream (such as [`process.stdin`][]) one line at a time. It can be accessed
+using:
 
 ```js
 const readline = require('readline');