Fix parsing of ref-like Urls in links and images in GFM

Fixes #2166

lib/gitlab/markdown.rb

@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ module Gitlab
 
       # Extract pre blocks so they are not altered
       # from http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/
-      extractions = {}
-      text.gsub!(%r{<pre>.*?</pre>|<code>.*?</code>}m) do |match|
-        md5 = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(match)
-        extractions[md5] = match
-        "{gfm-extraction-#{md5}}"
-      end
+      text.gsub!(%r{<pre>.*?</pre>|<code>.*?</code>}m) { |match| extract_piece(match) }
+      # Extract links with probably parsable hrefs
+      text.gsub!(%r{<a.*?>.*?</a>}m) { |match| extract_piece(match) }
+      # Extract images with probably parsable src
+      text.gsub!(%r{<img.*?>}m) { |match| extract_piece(match) }
 
       # TODO: add popups with additional information
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
       # Insert pre block extractions
       text.gsub!(/\{gfm-extraction-(\h{32})\}/) do
-        extractions[$1]
+        insert_piece($1)
       end
 
       sanitize text.html_safe, attributes: ActionView::Base.sanitized_allowed_attributes + %w(id class)
@@ -66,6 +65,18 @@ module Gitlab
 
     private
 
+    def extract_piece(text)
+      @extractions ||= {}
+
+      md5 = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(text)
+      @extractions[md5] = text
+      "{gfm-extraction-#{md5}}"
+    end
+
+    def insert_piece(id)
+      @extractions[id]
+    end
+
     # Private: Parses text for references and emoji
     #
     # text - Text to parse

lib/redcarpet/render/gitlab_html.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class Redcarpet::Render::GitlabHTML < Redcarpet::Render::HTML
     HTML
   end
 
+  def link(link, title, content)
+    h.link_to_gfm(content, link, title: title)
+  end
+
   def postprocess(full_document)
     h.gfm(full_document)
   end