Add functionality to link arbitrary strings in code blocks

content/docs/api-reference/get_url.md

@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ Returns the URL string of the storage location (in a
 specified by its `path` in a `repo` (<abbr>DVC project</abbr>), is stored.
 
 The URL is formed by reading the project's
-[remote configuration](/doc/command-reference/config#remote) and the
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) or
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) where the
-given `path` is found (`outs` field). The schema of the URL returned depends on
-the [type](/doc/command-reference/remote/add#supported-storage-types) of the
+[remote configuration](/doc/command-reference/config#remote) and the `dvc.yaml`
+or `.dvc` file where the given `path` is found (`outs` field). The schema of the
+URL returned depends on the
+[type](/doc/command-reference/remote/add#supported-storage-types) of the
 `remote` used (see the [Parameters](#parameters) section).
 
 If the target is a directory, the returned URL will end in `.dir`. Refer to

content/docs/command-reference/add.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # add
 
-Track data files or directories with DVC, by creating a corresponding
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files).
+Track data files or directories with DVC, by creating a corresponding `.dvc`
+file.
 
 ## Synopsis
 
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ positional arguments:
 ## Description
 
 The `dvc add` command is analogous to `git add`, in that it makes DVC aware of
-the target data, in order to start versioning it. It creates a
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) to track the
-added data.
+the target data, in order to start versioning it. It creates a `.dvc` file to
+track the added data.
 
 This command can be used to
 [version control](/doc/use-cases/versioning-data-and-model-files) large files,
@@ -43,27 +42,24 @@ each one:
    for more details.)
 3. Attempt to replace the file with a link to the cached data (more details on
    file linking further down).
-4. Create a corresponding
-   [`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) to track
-   the file, using its path and hash to identify the cached data. The `.dvc`
-   file lists the DVC-tracked file as an <abbr>output</abbr> (`outs` field).
-   Unless the `--file` option is used, the `.dvc` file name generated by default
-   is `<file>.dvc`, where `<file>` is the file name of the first target.
+4. Create a corresponding `.dvc` file to track the file, using its path and hash
+   to identify the cached data. The `.dvc` file lists the DVC-tracked file as an
+   <abbr>output</abbr> (`outs` field). Unless the `--file` option is used, the
+   `.dvc` file name generated by default is `<file>.dvc`, where `<file>` is the
+   file name of the first target.
 5. Add the `targets` to `.gitignore` in order to prevent them from being
    committed to the Git repository (unless `dvc init --no-scm` was used when
    initializing the DVC project).
 6. Instructions are printed showing `git` commands for adding the files, if
    appropriate.
 
-Summarizing, the result is that the target data is replaced by small
-[`.dvc` files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) that can be
-easily tracked with Git.
+Summarizing, the result is that the target data is replaced by small `.dvc`
+files that can be easily tracked with Git.
 
 > Note that `.dvc` files can be considered _orphan stages_, because they have no
 > <abbr>dependencies</abbr>, only outputs. These are treated as _always changed_
-> by `dvc status` and `dvc repro`, which always executes them. See
-> [`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) to learn
-> more about stages.
+> by `dvc status` and `dvc repro`, which always executes them. See `dvc.yaml` to
+> learn more about stages.
 
 To avoid adding files inside a directory accidentally, you can add the
 corresponding [patterns](/doc/user-guide/dvcignore) in a `.dvcignore` file.
@@ -78,8 +74,8 @@ large files. DVC also supports other link types for use on file systems without
 ### Tracking directories
 
 A `dvc add` target can be an individual file or a directory. In the latter case,
-a [`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) is created
-for the top of the directory (with default name `<dir_name>.dvc`).
+a `.dvc` file is created for the top of the directory (with default name
+`<dir_name>.dvc`).
 
 Every file in the hierarchy is added to the cache (unless the `--no-commit`
 option is used), but DVC does not produce individual `.dvc` files for each file
@@ -139,9 +135,8 @@ To track the changes with git, run:
         git add .gitignore data.xml.dvc
 ```
 
-As indicated above, a
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) has been
-created for `data.xml`. Let's explore the result:
+As indicated above, a `.dvc` file has been created for `data.xml`. Let's explore
+the result:
 
 ```dvc
 $ tree
@@ -192,10 +187,9 @@ Tracking a directory with DVC as simple as with a single file:
 $ dvc add pics
 ```
 
-There are no [`.dvc` files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files)
-generated within this directory structure to match each image, but the image
-files are all <abbr>cached</abbr>. A single `pics.dvc` file is generated for the
-top-level directory, and it contains:
+There are no `.dvc` files generated within this directory structure to match
+each image, but the image files are all <abbr>cached</abbr>. A single `pics.dvc`
+file is generated for the top-level directory, and it contains:
 
 ```yaml
 outs:

content/docs/command-reference/dag.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # dag
 
-Visualize the pipeline(s) in
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvclock-file) as one or
-more graph(s) of connected [stages](/doc/command-reference/run).
+Visualize the pipeline(s) in `dvc.yaml` as one or more graph(s) of connected
+[stages](/doc/command-reference/run).
 
 ## Synopsis
 

content/docs/command-reference/fetch.md

@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ of the project, but without placing them in the <abbr>workspace</abbr>. This
 makes the data files available for linking (or copying) into the workspace.
 (Refer to [dvc config cache.type](/doc/command-reference/config#cache).) Along
 with `dvc checkout`, it's performed automatically by `dvc pull` when the target
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) or
-[`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) files are not
-already in the cache:
+`dvc.yaml` or `.dvc` files are not already in the cache:
 
 ```
 Controlled files             Commands
@@ -199,11 +197,10 @@ Note that the `.dvc/cache` directory was created and populated.
 > for more info.
 
 Used without arguments (as above), `dvc fetch` downloads all assets needed by
-all [`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) and
-[`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) files in the
-current branch, including for directories. The hash values
-`3863d0e317dee0a55c4e59d2ec0eef33` and `42c7025fc0edeb174069280d17add2d4`
-correspond to the `model.pkl` file and `data/features/` directory, respectively.
+all `dvc.yaml` and `.dvc` files in the current branch, including for
+directories. The hash values `3863d0e317dee0a55c4e59d2ec0eef33` and
+`42c7025fc0edeb174069280d17add2d4` correspond to the `model.pkl` file and
+`data/features/` directory, respectively.
 
 Let's now link files from the cache to the workspace with:
 
@@ -217,8 +214,7 @@ $ dvc checkout
 > follow this example if you tried the previous one (**Default behavior**).
 
 `dvc fetch` only downloads the data files of a specific stage when the
-corresponding [`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files)
-(command target) is specified:
+corresponding `.dvc` file (command target) is specified:
 
 ```dvc
 $ dvc fetch prepare.dvc
@@ -283,8 +279,7 @@ $ tree .dvc/cache
     └── a9c512fda11293cfee7617b66648dc
 ```
 
-Fetching using `--with-deps` starts with the target
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) (`train.dvc`)
+Fetching using `--with-deps` starts with the target `.dvc` file (`train.dvc`)
 and searches backwards through its pipeline for data to download into the
 project's cache. All the data for the second and third stages ("featurize" and
 "train") has now been downloaded to the cache. We could now use `dvc checkout`

content/docs/command-reference/get.md

@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ downloading, DVC will try to copy the target data from its <abbr>cache</abbr>).
 The `path` argument is used to specify the location of the target to be
 downloaded within the source repository at `url`. `path` can specify any file or
 directory in the source repo, including those tracked by DVC, or by Git. Note
-that DVC-tracked targets should be found in a
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) or
-[`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) file of the
+that DVC-tracked targets should be found in a `dvc.yaml` or `.dvc` file of the
 project.
 
 ⚠️ The project should have a default
@@ -96,9 +94,8 @@ model.pkl
 
 Note that the `model.pkl` file doesn't actually exist in the
 [root directory](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started/tree/master/)
-of the source Git repo. Instead, it's exported in the
-[`dvc.yaml`](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started/blob/master/dvc.yaml)
-file as an output of the `train` stage (in the `outs` field). DVC then
+of the source Git repo. Instead, it's exported in the `dvc.yaml` file as an
+output of the `train` stage (in the `outs` field). DVC then
 [pulls](/doc/command-reference/pull) the file from the default
 [remote](/doc/command-reference/remote) of the source DVC project (found in its
 [config file](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started/blob/master/.dvc/config)).
@@ -182,10 +179,8 @@ The `model.monograms.pkl` file now contains the older version of the model. To
 get the most recent one, we use a similar command, but with
 `-o model.bigrams.pkl` and `--rev bigrams-experiment` (or even without `--rev`
 since that tag has the latest model version anyway). In fact, in this case using
-`dvc pull` with the corresponding
-[`.dvc` files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) should
-suffice, downloading the file as just `model.pkl`. We can then rename it to make
-its variant explicit:
+`dvc pull` with the corresponding `.dvc` files should suffice, downloading the
+file as just `model.pkl`. We can then rename it to make its variant explicit:
 
 ```dvc
 $ dvc pull train.dvc

content/docs/command-reference/import-url.md

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 Download a file or directory from a supported URL (for example `s3://`,
 `ssh://`, and other protocols) into the <abbr>workspace</abbr>, and track
-changes in the remote data source. Creates a
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files).
+changes in the remote data source. Creates a `.dvc` file.
 
 > See `dvc import` to download and tack data/model files or directories from
 > other <abbr>DVC repositories</abbr> (e.g. hosted on Github).
@@ -43,8 +42,7 @@ while `out` can be used to specify the directory and/or file name desired for
 the downloaded data. If an existing directory is specified, the file or
 directory will be placed inside.
 
-[`.dvc` files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) support
-references to data in an external location, see
+`.dvc` files support references to data in an external location, see
 [External Dependencies](/doc/user-guide/external-dependencies). In such an
 import `.dvc` file, the `deps` field stores the remote URL, and the `outs` field
 contains the corresponding local path in the <abbr>workspace</abbr>. It records
@@ -109,10 +107,8 @@ $ dvc run -n download_data \
           wget https://data.dvc.org/get-started/data.xml -O data.xml
 ```
 
-`dvc import-url` generates an import stage
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) and `dvc run`
-a regular stage (in
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file)).
+`dvc import-url` generates an import stage `.dvc` file and `dvc run` a regular
+stage (in `dvc.yaml`).
 
 ## Options
 
@@ -189,8 +185,7 @@ The `etag` field in the `.dvc` file contains the
 If the remote file changes, its ETag will be different. This metadata allows DVC
 to determine whether it's necessary to download it again.
 
-> See [`.dvc` files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) for
-> more details on the format above.
+> See `.dvc` files for more details on the format above.
 
 You may want to get out of and remove the `example-get-started/` directory after
 trying this example (especially if trying out the following one).

content/docs/command-reference/import.md

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # import
 
 Download a file or directory tracked by DVC or by Git into the
-<abbr>workspace</abbr>. It also creates a
-[`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) with
-information about the data source, which can later be used to
-[update](/doc/command-reference/update) the import.
+<abbr>workspace</abbr>. It also creates a `.dvc` file with information about the
+data source, which can later be used to [update](/doc/command-reference/update)
+the import.
 
 > See also our `dvc.api.open()` Python API function.
 
@@ -43,9 +42,7 @@ downloading, DVC will try to copy the target data from its <abbr>cache</abbr>).
 The `path` argument is used to specify the location of the target to be
 downloaded within the source repository at `url`. `path` can specify any file or
 directory in the source repo, including those tracked by DVC, or by Git. Note
-that DVC-tracked targets should be found in a
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) or
-[`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) file of the
+that DVC-tracked targets should be found in a `dvc.yaml` or `.dvc` file of the
 project.
 
 ⚠️ The project should have a default
@@ -114,11 +111,9 @@ Importing 'data/data.xml ([email protected]:iterative/example-get-started)'
 ```
 
 In contrast with `dvc get`, this command doesn't just download the data file,
-but it also creates an import stage
-([`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files)) with a link
-to the data source (as explained in the description above). (This import stage
-can later be used to [update](/doc/command-reference/update) the import.) Check
-`data.xml.dvc`:
+but it also creates an import stage (`.dvc` file) with a link to the data source
+(as explained in the description above). (This import stage can later be used to
+[update](/doc/command-reference/update) the import.) Check `data.xml.dvc`:
 
 ```yaml
 md5: 7de90e7de7b432ad972095bc1f2ec0f8
@@ -155,9 +150,8 @@ Importing
 -> 'cats-dogs'
 ```
 
-When using this option, the import stage
-([`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files)) will also
-have a `rev` subfield under `repo`:
+When using this option, the import stage (`.dvc` file) will also have a `rev`
+subfield under `repo`:
 
 ```yaml
 deps:
@@ -187,10 +181,9 @@ $ dvc update --rev cats-dogs-v2
 If you take a look at our
 [dataset registry](https://github.com/iterative/dataset-registry)
 <abbr>project</abbr>, you'll see that it's organized into different directories
-such as `tutorial/ver` and `use-cases/`, and these contain
-[`.dvc` files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) that track
-different datasets. Given this simple structure, its data files can be easily
-shared among several other projects using `dvc get` and `dvc import`. For
+such as `tutorial/ver` and `use-cases/`, and these contain `.dvc` files that
+track different datasets. Given this simple structure, its data files can be
+easily shared among several other projects using `dvc get` and `dvc import`. For
 example:
 
 ```dvc
@@ -245,9 +238,8 @@ Importing ...
 
 > Note that Git-tracked files can be imported from DVC repos as well.
 
-The file is imported, and along with it, an import stage
-([`.dvc` file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files)) is created.
-Check `it-standards.csv.dvc`:
+The file is imported, and along with it, an import stage (`.dvc` file) is
+created. Check `it-standards.csv.dvc`:
 
 ```yaml
 deps:

content/docs/command-reference/init.md

@@ -55,11 +55,9 @@ sub-projects to mitigate the issues of initializing in the Git repository root:
   different remote storages, for example, for different sub-projects, etc.
 
 - Not enough isolation/granularity - commands like `dvc pull`, `dvc checkout`,
-  and others analyze the whole repository to look for
-  [`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) or
-  [`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) files to
-  download files and directories, to reproduce <abbr>pipelines</abbr>, etc. It
-  can be expensive in the large repositories with a lot of projects.
+  and others analyze the whole repository to look for `dvc.yaml` or `.dvc` files
+  to download files and directories, to reproduce <abbr>pipelines</abbr>, etc.
+  It can be expensive in the large repositories with a lot of projects.
 
 - Not enough isolation/granularity - commands like `dvc metrics diff`, `dvc dag`
   and others by default dump all the metrics, all the pipelines, etc.
@@ -125,9 +123,8 @@ include:
 
 - SCM other than Git is being used. Even though there are DVC features that
   require DVC to be run in the Git repo, DVC can work well with other version
-  control systems. Since DVC relies on simple
-  [`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) files to
-  manage <abbr>pipelines</abbr>, data, etc, they can be added into any SCM thus
+  control systems. Since DVC relies on simple `dvc.yaml` files to manage
+  <abbr>pipelines</abbr>, data, etc, they can be added into any SCM thus
   providing large data files and directories versioning.
 
 - There is no need to keep the history at all, e.g. having a deployment

content/docs/command-reference/list.md

@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ positional arguments:
 DVC, by effectively replacing data files, models, directories with `.dvc` files
 (`.dvc`), hides actual locations and names. This means that you don't see data
 files when you browse a <abbr>DVC repository</abbr> on Git hosting (e.g.
-Github), you just see the
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) and
-[`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) files. This makes
-it hard to navigate the project to find <abbr>data artifacts</abbr> for use with
-`dvc get`, `dvc import`, or `dvc.api`.
+Github), you just see the `dvc.yaml` and `.dvc` files. This makes it hard to
+navigate the project to find <abbr>data artifacts</abbr> for use with `dvc get`,
+`dvc import`, or `dvc.api`.
 
 `dvc list` prints a virtual view of a DVC repository, as if files and
 directories [tracked by DVC](/doc/use-cases/versioning-data-and-model-files)
@@ -96,9 +94,8 @@ src
 If you open the
 [example-get-started](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started)
 project's page, you will see a similar list but the `model.pkl` file. It's
-tracked by DVC and not visible to Git. It's exported in the
-[`dvc.yaml`](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started/blob/master/dvc.yaml)
-file as an output of the `train` stage (in the `outs` field).
+tracked by DVC and not visible to Git. It's exported in the `dvc.yaml` file as
+an output of the `train` stage (in the `outs` field).
 
 We can now, for example, download the model file with:
 

content/docs/command-reference/metrics/diff.md

@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ The differences shown by this command include the new value, and numeric
 difference (delta) from the previous value of metrics (rounded to 5 digits
 precision). They're calculated between two commits (hash, branch, tag, or any
 [Git revision](https://git-scm.com/docs/revisions)) for all metrics in the
-<abbr>project</abbr>, found by examining all of the
-[`dvc.yaml`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvcyaml-file) and
-[`.dvc`](/doc/user-guide/dvc-files-and-directories#dvc-files) files in both
-versions.
+<abbr>project</abbr>, found by examining all of the `dvc.yaml` and `.dvc` files
+in both versions.
 
 Another way to display metrics is the `dvc metrics show` command, which just
 lists all the current metrics without comparisons.