ICU-21313 UserGuide: use absolute GitHub links for links outside docs/

hugovdm · hugovdm · commit 18b23fb3729f · 2021-03-09T00:29:23.000+01:00
See #1625
diff --git a/docs/processes/release/tasks/updating-measure-unit.md b/docs/processes/release/tasks/updating-measure-unit.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ will be considered new for the next release too.
 ## Updating units.txt and unitConstants
 
 The standard ldml2icu process is used to update ICU's resource files (see
-[cldr-icu-readme.txt](../../../../icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt)).
+[cldr-icu-readme.txt](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt)).
 CLDR's units.xml defines conversion rates in terms of some constants defined in
 `unitConstants`.
 
diff --git a/docs/userguide/dev/sync/custom.md b/docs/userguide/dev/sync/custom.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ synchronization primitives.
 
 **Low Level Atomics**, a set of platform or compiler dependent typedefs and
 inlines. Provided in the internal header file
-[`umutex.h`](../../../../icu4c/source/common/umutex.h).
+[`umutex.h`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/common/umutex.h).
 
 | Type/Function                                           | Description                                                                   |
 |---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Provided in a .cpp file.
 `UInitOnce` and `umtx_initOnce()` are used internally by ICU for thread-safe
 one-time initialization. Their implementation is split into a
 platform-independent part (contained in
-[`umutex.h`](../../../../icu4c/source/common/umutex.h)),
+[`umutex.h`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/common/umutex.h)),
 and the pair of platform-dependent implementation functions listed above.
 
 **Build Setup**
diff --git a/docs/userguide/dev/sync/index.md b/docs/userguide/dev/sync/index.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ implementations](custom.md) for other platforms.
 The functions and types listed below are intended for use throughout the ICU
 library code, where ever synchronization is required. They are defined in the
 internal header
-[umutex.h](../../../../icu4c/source/common/umutex.h).
+[umutex.h](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/common/umutex.h).
 
 All synchronization within ICU4C implementation code must use these, and avoid
 direct use of functions provided by a particular operating system or compiler.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/icudata.md b/docs/userguide/icudata.md
diff --git a/docs/userguide/locale/resources.md b/docs/userguide/locale/resources.md
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ result is a `ResourceBundle` object. Remarks about informational codes are also
 valid for the C++ APIs.
 
 > :point_right: **Note**: All the data accessing examples in the following
-> sections use ICU's 
+> sections use ICU's
 > [root](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/data/locales/root.txt)
 > resource bundle.
 
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ In order to be able to distinguish between resources, one needs to know the type
 of the resource at hand. To find this out, use the
 `UResType ures_getType(UResourceBundle* resourceBundle)` API, or the C++ analog
 `UResType getType(void)`. The `UResType` is an enumeration defined in the
-[unicode/ures.h](../../../icu4c/source/common/unicode/ures.h) header file.
+[unicode/ures.h](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ures.h)
+header file.
 
 > :point_right: **Note**: Indexes of resources in tables do not necessarily
 > correspond to the order of items in a table. Due to the way binary structure is 
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ Gets the number of items in a resource. Simple resources always return size 1.
 | C++      | `UResType getType(void)`                                 |
 
 Gets the type of the resource. For a list of resource types, see:
-[unicode/ures.h](../../../icu4c/source/common/unicode/ures.h)
+[unicode/ures.h](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ures.h)
 
 | Language | API                                              |
 | -------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
@@ -665,7 +666,8 @@ root {
 }
 ```
 
-Binary format is described in the [uresdata.h](../../../icu4c/source/common/uresdata.h)
+Binary format is described in the
+[uresdata.h](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/common/uresdata.h)
 header file.
 
 ### Resources Syntax
@@ -743,8 +745,11 @@ aVeryLongString:string {
 ```
 
 For more examples on syntax, take a look at our resource files for
-[locales](../../../icu4c/source/data/locales) and [test data](../../../icu4c/source/test/testdata),
-especially at the [testtypes resource bundle](../../../icu4c/source/test/testdata/testtypes.txt).
+[locales](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/data/locales)
+and
+[test data](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/test/testdata),
+especially at the
+[testtypes resource bundle](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/test/testdata/testtypes.txt).
 
 ### Making Your Own Resource Bundles
 
@@ -795,9 +800,11 @@ steps:
 
 Rolling out your own data takes some practice, especially if you want to package
 it all together. You might want to take a look at how we package data. Good
-places to start (except of course ICU's own [data](../../../icu4c/source/data/))
-are [source/test/testdata/](../../../icu4c/source/test/testdata/) and
-[source/samples/ufortune/resources/](../../../icu4c/source/samples/ufortune/resources/)
+places to start (except of course ICU's own
+[data](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/data/)) are
+[source/test/testdata/](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/test/testdata/)
+and
+[source/samples/ufortune/resources/](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/samples/ufortune/resources/)
 directories.
 
 Also, here is a sample Windows batch file that does compiling and packing of
diff --git a/docs/userguide/packaging/index.md b/docs/userguide/packaging/index.md
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ data to be installed and removed without rebuilding ICU. For details, see the
 
 (This section assumes the reader is familiar with ICU version numbers (§) as
 covered in the [Design](../design.md) chapter, and filename conventions for
-libraries in the [ReadMe](../../../icu4c/readme.html#HowToPackage)
+libraries in the
+[ReadMe](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/readme.html#HowToPackage)
 .)
 
 ### POSIX Library Names
diff --git a/docs/userguide/packaging/plug-ins.md b/docs/userguide/packaging/plug-ins.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ uninstall themselves before they are removed from memory and unloaded.
 The current plugin API is documented as
 [icuplug.h](https://unicode-org.github.io/icu-docs/apidoc/released/icu4c/icuplug_8h.html)
 Some sample plugins are available at:
-[testplug.c](../../../icu4c/source/tools/icuinfo/testplug.c)
+[testplug.c](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/tools/icuinfo/testplug.c)
 Here is a simple, trivial plugin:
 
 ```c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ SHOULD call `uplug_setPlugName` to indicate a human readable plugin name.
 ## Configuration
 
 You can see a sample configuration file here:
-[icuplugins_windows_sample.txt](../../../icu4c/source/tools/icuinfo/icuplugins_windows_sample.txt)
+[icuplugins_windows_sample.txt](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/tools/icuinfo/icuplugins_windows_sample.txt)
 At ICU startup time, the environment variable "ICU_PLUGINS" will be
 queried for a directory name. If it is not set, the #define
 `DEFAULT_ICU_PLUGINS` will be checked for a default value.
@@ -182,4 +182,4 @@ plugin| /lib/plugins/libplugin.dylib:myPluginLow
 config| x=4
 Default locale is en_US
 Default converter is UTF-8.
-```
+```
