[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30922: [4.1] Managing Links: Broken handling of "Image Address" URLs?

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#30922: [4.1] Managing Links: Broken handling of "Image Address" URLs?
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 Reporter:  hartwork      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 For links, the "Edit Link" page allows be to put in any of

 * {{{http://blog.hartwork.org/__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}}
 * {{{https://blog.hartwork.org/__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}}
 * {{{/__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}}

 for a working image URL but

 * it mis-corrects {{{__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}} to
 {{{http://__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}} and
 * setting it to {{{//blog.hartwork.org/__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}}
 remains untouched but results in broken final URL
 {{{http://blog.hartwork.org//blog.hartwork.org/__images/gentoo3-150x30.png}}}
 on the blog itself (which is unexpected).

 Without patching code, what are my options?
 This behaviour is actually not new in 4.1 btw.

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