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Microsoft Learn "edit" links back to main instead of the live branch #5076

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When browsing the Entity Framework documentation on Microsoft Learn, clicking the Edit link sends users to the main branch in the GitHub repo, for example:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/?tabs=dotnet-core-cli#apply-migrations-at-runtime

main/entity-framework/core/managing-schemas/migrations/index.md

This results in a 404 - page not found error, as shown in the screenshot below, because the main branch does not contain the referenced file.

This behavior affects all edit links in the Entity Framework docs that I’ve tried, effectively preventing contributions from being made directly through the Learn platform.

Expected behavior
The "Edit" links should point to the live branch where the actual documentation source files exist, so contributors can make changes without manually navigating branches.

Impact

  • Prevents contributors from easily submitting fixes or improvements.
  • Creates confusion for those trying to improve Microsoft Learn content.

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