Fix link paths in apidocs shortcode (#5550)

Author: chalin

layouts/shortcodes/apidocs.md

@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
-{{ $pages := slice }}
+{{ $pages := slice -}}
 {{ range $key,$value := $.Site.Data.instrumentation -}}
     {{ if eq $key "dotnet" -}}
     {{ with $.Site.GetPage "/docs/languages/net/traces-api" -}}
-        {{ $pages = $pages | append (dict "lang" $value "page" .) }}
+        {{ $pages = $pages | append (dict "lang" $value "page" .) -}}
     {{ end }}
     {{ with $.Site.GetPage "/docs/languages/net/metrics-api" -}}
-        {{ $pages = $pages | append (dict "lang" $value "page" .) }}
+        {{ $pages = $pages | append (dict "lang" $value "page" .) -}}
     {{ end }}
     {{ else -}}
     {{ with $.Site.GetPage (printf "/docs/languages/%s/api" $key) -}}
-        {{ $pages = $pages | append (dict "lang" $value "page" .) }}
+        {{ $pages = $pages | append (dict "lang" $value "page" .) -}}
     {{ end }}
     {{ end -}}
 {{ end -}}
 
 {{ range $pages }}
 {{ $title := replaceRE `API reference` "" .page.Title -}}
 
-- [
+- {{/* Encode the link directly as an <a> anchor to avoid unnecessary render-link hook checks */ -}}
+  <a href="{{ .page.RelPermalink }}"
+      {{- if and .page.Params.redirect (hasPrefix .page.Params.redirect "http") }} {{/* */ -}}
+        target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external-link"
+      {{- end -}}
+  >
     {{- .lang.name -}}
     {{ with $title }} &mdash; {{ . }} {{- end -}}
-  ](
-    {{- .page.Permalink -}}
-  )
+  </a>
 
 {{- end -}}