Do not emit warnings on urls within @link tags

Resolves #1980

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+-   Added defined in links for classes, enums, #180.
 -   Added support for `*.ghe.com` and `*.github.us` GitHub enterprise domains for source links, #2001.
 -   Expose `Converter.parseRawComment` for plugins to parse additional markdown files, #2004.
--   Added defined in links for classes, enums #180.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
--   Fixed missing `sources` property on signature reflections #1996.
+-   TypeDoc will no longer emit a warning for `{@link}` containing a URL, #1980.
 -   `excludeNotDocumented` will no longer remove functions/methods/accessors which are documented, #1994.
+-   Fixed missing `sources` property on signature reflections #1996.
 
 ### Thanks!
 

src/lib/converter/plugins/LinkResolverPlugin.ts

@@ -220,26 +220,37 @@ function resolveLinkTag(
 ) {
     let pos = 0;
     const end = part.text.length;
+    while (pos < end && ts.isWhiteSpaceLike(part.text.charCodeAt(pos))) {
+        pos++;
+    }
+    const origText = part.text;
 
     // Try to parse one
     const declRef = parseDeclarationReference(part.text, pos, end);
 
-    let target: Reflection | undefined;
+    let target: Reflection | string | undefined;
     if (declRef) {
         // Got one, great! Try to resolve the link
         target = resolveDeclarationReference(reflection, declRef[0]);
         pos = declRef[1];
     }
 
+    if (!target) {
+        if (urlPrefix.test(part.text)) {
+            const wsIndex = part.text.search(/\s/);
+            target =
+                wsIndex === -1 ? part.text : part.text.substring(0, wsIndex);
+            pos = target.length;
+        }
+    }
+
     // If resolution via a declaration reference failed, revert to the legacy "split and check"
     // method... this should go away in 0.24, once people have had a chance to migrate any failing links.
     if (!target) {
         const resolved = legacyResolveLinkTag(reflection, part);
         if (resolved) {
             warn(
-                `Failed to resolve {@link ${
-                    part.text
-                }} in ${reflection.getFriendlyFullName()} with declaration references. This link will break in v0.24.`
+                `Failed to resolve {@link ${origText}} in ${reflection.getFriendlyFullName()} with declaration references. This link will break in v0.24.`
             );
         }
         return resolved;
@@ -255,7 +266,9 @@ function resolveLinkTag(
     }
 
     part.target = target;
-    part.text = part.text.substring(pos).trim() || target.name;
+    part.text =
+        part.text.substring(pos).trim() ||
+        (typeof target === "string" ? target : target.name);
 
     return part;
 }

src/test/converter2/issues/gh1980.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * {@link   http://example.com   }
+ * {@link   http://example.com  |   with text}
+ * {@link   http://example.com   jsdoc support}
+ */
+export const link = 123;

src/test/issueTests.ts

@@ -599,6 +599,35 @@ export const issueTests: {
         equal(comments2, ["Comment for a", "Comment for b"]);
     },
 
+    gh1980(project, logger) {
+        const link = query(project, "link");
+        equal(
+            link.comment?.summary.filter((t) => t.kind === "inline-tag"),
+            [
+                {
+                    kind: "inline-tag",
+                    tag: "@link",
+                    target: "http://example.com",
+                    text: "http://example.com",
+                },
+                {
+                    kind: "inline-tag",
+                    tag: "@link",
+                    target: "http://example.com",
+                    text: "with text",
+                },
+                {
+                    kind: "inline-tag",
+                    tag: "@link",
+                    target: "http://example.com",
+                    text: "jsdoc support",
+                },
+            ]
+        );
+        logger.discardDebugMessages();
+        logger.expectNoOtherMessages();
+    },
+
     gh1986(project, logger) {
         const a = query(project, "a");
         equal(