make link changes configurable

pkg/code-generator/docgen/funcs/template_funcs.go

@@ -319,9 +319,11 @@ func linkForField(project *model.Project, docsOptions *options.DocsOptions) func
 				//return "", errors.Errorf("failed to get generated file path for proto %v in list %v", file.GetName(), project.Request.FileToGenerate)
 			}
 
-			// Don't link to external apis docs, as they will be deleted
-			if strings.HasPrefix(linkedFile, "github.com/solo-io/gloo/projects/gloo/api/external") {
-				return typeName, nil
+			// Skip links for packages that are configured to be skipped
+			for _, pkg := range docsOptions.RenderOptions.GetSkipLinksForPackages() {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(linkedFile, pkg) {
+					return typeName, nil
+				}
 			}
 
 			linkedFile = relativeFilename(forFile.GetName(), linkedFile)

pkg/code-generator/docgen/options/options.go

@@ -21,8 +21,21 @@ type HugoOptions struct {
 }
 
 type DocsOptions struct {
-	Output      DocsOutput
-	HugoOptions *HugoOptions
+	Output        DocsOutput
+	HugoOptions   *HugoOptions
+	RenderOptions *RenderOptions
+}
+
+// RenderOptions provides options for rendering documentation
+type RenderOptions struct {
+	SkipLinksForPackages []string // when rendering markdown, do not attempt to link to these packages or their subpackages
+}
+
+func (o *RenderOptions) GetSkipLinksForPackages() []string {
+	if o == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return o.SkipLinksForPackages
 }
 
 const (