Versions info

• VS Code Version: 1.61.2
• OS Version: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

Related issues

#81891 (cloased)
#59999 (cloased)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Edit a markdown file with following content:

   hello.py
   hello.name
   

2. Open markdown preview

the entries are displayed as an html links

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?

Yes

Source of the issue

• VS Code use markdown-it which use linkify-it to display the links preview.
• in linkify-it fuzzyLink option - used to recognize URL-s without http(s):// head - has a default value of true.

Possible solution

Set fuzzyLink to false, using markdown-it linkfy function as follow:

md.linkify.set({ fuzzyLink: false });  // disables converting URL without http(s):// head  to link

as explained here. But, I don't know where should I add this code snippet, nor how to edit Markdown-it rendering options in VS Code,

Thank you.