New Rule: `no-empty-images`

[lumirlumir]

Rule details

Rule to disallow empty images

What type of rule is this?

Warns about a potential problem

Example code

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Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request to implement this rule.

Additional comments

Hello,

I’d like to propose a new rule: no-empty-images.

In Markdown, it’s not always easy to spot when you’ve forgotten to provide a destination for an image. This is especially common when writing something in Markdown, where you might intend to insert an image and leave the destination to fill in later—only to forget to go back and complete it.

This often results in broken image links like the one below:

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If this proposal is acceptable, I’d like to go ahead and submit a PR before May 10!

[nzakas]

Thanks for the suggestion. Do any existing markdown linters have a similar rule?

[lumirlumir]

@nzakas

remark-lint, part of the same ecosystem as mdast, includes a rule called remark-lint-no-empty-url.

This rule checks for empty link and image nodes, effectively combining the behavior of @eslint/markdown’s no-empty-links rule with a no-empty-images rule, which I proposed.

[nzakas]

Got it, thanks! This rule sounds like a good idea to me. I'd also say it should be recommended. 👍

[lumirlumir]

I will complete the work by May 10👍