From 10f51a4949f52ae63157b05af02e9ab8929d09ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Voyagerroc-Pro <330935573+Voyagerroc-Pro@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:58:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(drift): ignore version-shaped path references

---
 src/drift/__tests__/path-false-positives.test.ts | 5 +----
 src/drift/checkers/path.ts                       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/drift/__tests__/path-false-positives.test.ts b/src/drift/__tests__/path-false-positives.test.ts
index 6dd8713d..81a53b8e 100644
--- a/src/drift/__tests__/path-false-positives.test.ts
+++ b/src/drift/__tests__/path-false-positives.test.ts
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ describe("MISSING_PATH false positives", () => {
     ).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  // Not part of #143. A trailing version number reads as a file extension to
-  // the guard above, so `release/2.1.0` never reaches the unrooted check and is
-  // reported as a missing path. Tracked separately; unskip with the fix.
-  it.skip("does not claim a version-shaped branch name", () => {
+  it("does not claim version-shaped branch and runtime references (#201)", () => {
     expect(
       missingPaths("# Release\n\n- Work landed on `release/2.1.0` and `python/3.11`\n")
     ).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/src/drift/checkers/path.ts b/src/drift/checkers/path.ts
index 1d862daf..9a0ef531 100644
--- a/src/drift/checkers/path.ts
+++ b/src/drift/checkers/path.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function isUnrootedReference(
   const trimmed = value.replace(/\/+$/, "");
   const isDirectoryRef = trimmed !== value;
   if (!trimmed.includes("/") && !isDirectoryRef) return false;
-  if (/\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/.test(trimmed)) return false;
+  if (/\.[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$/.test(trimmed)) return false;
 
   const first = trimmed.split("/")[0];
   if (!first || first.startsWith("@") || first === "." || first === "..") return false;