[Dev Deps] update markdown-link-check

Makefile

@@ -72,18 +72,35 @@ endif
 _ensure-clean:
 	@[ -z "$$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no || echo err)" ] || { echo "Workspace is not clean; please commit changes first." >&2; exit 2; }
 
-# Makes a release; invoke with `make TAG=<versionOrIncrementSpec> release`.
-.PHONY: release
-release: _ensure-tag _ensure-clean _ensure-current-version
-	@old_ver=`git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*'` || { echo "Failed to determine current version." >&2; exit 1; }; old_ver=$${old_ver#v}; \
+# Resolves $(TAG) against the most recent version tag; sets $$old_ver and $$new_ver in the recipe's shell.
+define RESOLVE_VERSIONS
+old_ver=`git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*'` || { echo "Failed to determine current version." >&2; exit 1; }; old_ver=$${old_ver#v}; \
 new_ver=`echo "$(TAG)" | sed 's/^v//'`; new_ver=$${new_ver:-patch}; \
 if printf "$$new_ver" | grep -q '^[0-9]'; then \
 	semver "$$new_ver" >/dev/null || { echo 'Invalid version number specified: $(TAG) - must be major.minor.patch' >&2; exit 2; }; \
 	semver -r "> $$old_ver" "$$new_ver" >/dev/null || { echo 'Invalid version number specified: $(TAG) - must be HIGHER than current one.' >&2; exit 2; } \
 else \
 	new_ver=`semver -i "$$new_ver" "$$old_ver"` || { echo 'Invalid version-increment specifier: $(TAG)' >&2; exit 2; } \
-	fi; \
-	printf "=== Bumping version **$$old_ver** to **$$new_ver** before committing and tagging:\n=== TYPE 'proceed' TO PROCEED, anything else to abort: " && read response && [ "$$response" = 'proceed' ] || { echo 'Aborted.' >&2; exit 2; }; \
-	replace "$$old_ver" "$$new_ver" $(VERSIONED_FILES) && \
-	git commit -m "v$$new_ver" $(VERSIONED_FILES) && \
-	git tag -a "v$$new_ver"
+fi
+endef
+
+# Prints the release notes that `make TAG=<versionOrIncrementSpec> release` would use; invoke the same way.
+.PHONY: release-notes
+release-notes: _ensure-tag _ensure-current-version
+	@$(RESOLVE_VERSIONS); \
+	./release-notes.sh "v$$new_ver"
+
+# Makes a release; invoke with `make TAG=<versionOrIncrementSpec> release`.
+.PHONY: release
+release: _ensure-tag _ensure-clean _ensure-current-version
+	@$(RESOLVE_VERSIONS); \
+	notes_file=`mktemp` || { echo 'Failed to create a temp file for the release notes.' >&2; exit 1; }; \
+	trap 'rm -f "$$notes_file"' EXIT; \
+	./release-notes.sh "v$$new_ver" > "$$notes_file" || { echo 'Failed to generate release notes.' >&2; exit 1; }; \
+	echo '=== Release notes: ==='; \
+	cat "$$notes_file"; \
+	printf "\n=== Bumping version **$$old_ver** to **$$new_ver** before committing and tagging with the above notes:\n=== TYPE 'proceed' TO PROCEED, anything else to abort: " && read response && [ "$$response" = 'proceed' ] || { echo 'Aborted.' >&2; exit 2; }; \
+	old_ver_re=`printf '%s' "$$old_ver" | sed 's/[.]/\\\\./g'` && \
+	replace "$$old_ver_re" "$$new_ver" $(VERSIONED_FILES) && \
+	git commit -F "$$notes_file" $(VERSIONED_FILES) && \
+	git tag -a -F "$$notes_file" "v$$new_ver"

README.md

@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ Here's what you will need to do:
   If one of these broken versions is installed on your system, the above step will likely still succeed even if you didn't include the `--shared-zlib` flag.
   However, later, when you attempt to `npm install` something using your old version of node.js, you will see `incorrect data check` errors.
   If you want to avoid the possible hassle of dealing with this, include that flag.
-  For more details, see [this issue](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/39313) and [this comment](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/39313#issuecomment-90.40.676)
+  For more details, see [this issue](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/39313) and [this comment](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/39313#issuecomment-902395576)
 
 - Exit back to your native shell.
 

package.json

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "dockerfile_lint": "^0.3.4",
     "doctoc": "^2.5.0",
     "eclint": "^2.8.1",
-    "markdown-link-check": "^3.14.2",
+    "markdown-link-check": "^3.15.0",
     "replace": "^1.2.2",
     "semver": "^7.8.5",
     "urchin": "^0.0.5"