fix(doc): fall back to en-US redirect for unredirected locale URLs#618
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fix(doc): fall back to en-US redirect for unredirected locale URLs#618
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A page moved in en-US won't get a locale redirect for locales where it was never translated, breaking any references to that slug. We now fall back to the en-US redirect to resolve such URLs.
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Description
Update the redirect resolution logic, falling back to en-US redirects when a page neither exists nor has a redirect in the current locale.
Motivation
Fix broken links, and allow fix-flaws to automatically fix those.
Additional details
A page moved in en-US won't get a locale redirect for locales where it was never translated, breaking any references to that slug.
We now fall back to the en-US redirect to resolve such URLs.
Related issues and pull requests
Part of mdn/fred#1462.