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I wish blog posts would pin links to commits on repos - and check their links.

404: https://github.com/trailofbits/semgrep-rules/blob/main/hangi... [1]

invalid URL: http://nd%20basic%20cross-function%20analysis/ [2]

[1]: https://github.com/trailofbits/semgrep-rules/blob/385c42a/go...

[2]: https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep/pull/2913 from https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep/issues/2787

GH keyboard shortcut: When viewing a file in GitHub, type "y" to update the URL so it explicitly pins to a commit (e.g., turning https://github.com/trailofbits/semgrep-rules/blob/main/hangi... into https://github.com/trailofbits/semgrep-rules/blob/385c42a/go...).

This has become part of my muscle memory when copying links for posterity, but it makes sense not to be the default, because sometimes you want to share an evergreen link (i.e., always pointing to the latest content) rather than an immutable link.

Sorry about that. Should be fixed now.

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