From a8ee25122e47bc8a5aa0a35b2c04d2df3e03dabb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lcawl <lcawley@elastic.co>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:21:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Map 8.x to 8.16 for kibana link checking

---
 build_docs.pl | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build_docs.pl b/build_docs.pl
index 695537334b70..8d91d018aef3 100755
--- a/build_docs.pl
+++ b/build_docs.pl
@@ -408,7 +408,18 @@ sub check_kibana_links {
         #
         # TODO: remove as part of
         # https://github.com/elastic/docs/issues/2264
-        $branch = $version eq "master" ? "main" : $version;
+        if ($version eq "master") {
+            $branch = "main";
+        }
+        else {
+            # Temporary work-around for 8.x branch masquerading as 8.16
+            if ($version eq "8.16") {
+                $branch = "8.x";
+            }
+            else {
+                $branch = $version;
+            }
+        }
         say "  Branch: $branch, Version: $version";
         my $links_file;
         my $source = eval {