Update `make docs` procedure (#103574)

Co-authored-by: grafanabot <bot@grafana.com>
Co-authored-by: Jack Baldry <jack.baldry@grafana.com>

docs/docs.mk

@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ ifeq ($(PROJECTS),)
 $(error "PROJECTS variable must be defined in variables.mk")
 endif
 
-# First project is considered the primary one used for doc-validator.
-PRIMARY_PROJECT := $(subst /,-,$(firstword $(subst :, ,$(firstword $(PROJECTS)))))
-
 # Host port to publish container port to.
 ifeq ($(origin DOCS_HOST_PORT), undefined)
 export DOCS_HOST_PORT := 3002
@@ -44,12 +41,7 @@ ifeq ($(origin DOCS_IMAGE), undefined)
 export DOCS_IMAGE := grafana/docs-base:latest
 endif
 
-# Container image used for doc-validator linting.
-ifeq ($(origin DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE), undefined)
-export DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE := grafana/doc-validator:latest
-endif
-
-# Container image used for vale linting.
+# Container image used for Vale linting.
 ifeq ($(origin VALE_IMAGE), undefined)
 export VALE_IMAGE := grafana/vale:latest
 endif
@@ -99,14 +91,6 @@ docs-debug: ## Run Hugo web server with debugging enabled. TODO: support all SER
 docs-debug: make-docs
 	WEBSITE_EXEC='hugo server --bind 0.0.0.0 --port 3002 --debug' $(CURDIR)/make-docs $(PROJECTS)
 
-.PHONY: doc-validator
-doc-validator: ## Run doc-validator on the entire docs folder which includes pulling the latest `DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE` (default: `grafana/doc-validator:latest`) container image. To not pull the image, set `PULL=false`.
-doc-validator: make-docs
-ifeq ($(PULL), true)
-	$(PODMAN) pull -q $(DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE)
-endif
-	DOCS_IMAGE=$(DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE) $(CURDIR)/make-docs $(PROJECTS)
-
 .PHONY: vale
 vale: ## Run vale on the entire docs folder which includes pulling the latest `VALE_IMAGE` (default: `grafana/vale:latest`) container image. To not pull the image, set `PULL=false`.
 vale: make-docs

docs/make-docs

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 # [Semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) is used to help the reader identify the significance of changes.
 # Changes are relevant to this script and the support docs.mk GNU Make interface.
 #
+# ## 9.0.0 (2025-04-05)
+#
+# ### Removed
+#
+# - doc-validator target and associated scripts.
+#
+#   Most useful rules have been migrated to Vale and the others are often false positives.
+#
 # ## 8.5.2 (2025-02-28)
 #
 # ### Fixed
@@ -831,51 +839,6 @@ ${DOCS_IMAGE}
 POSIX_HERESTRING
 
 case "${image}" in
-  'grafana/doc-validator')
-    proj="$(new_proj "$1")"
-    printf '\r\n'
-
-    IFS='' read -r cmd <<EOF
-    ${PODMAN} run \
-                --init \
-                --interactive \
-                --platform linux/amd64 \
-                --rm \
-                --tty \
-                ${volumes} \
-                ${DOCS_IMAGE} \
-                --include=${DOC_VALIDATOR_INCLUDE} \
-                --skip-checks=${DOC_VALIDATOR_SKIP_CHECKS} \
-                /hugo/content$(proj_canonical "${proj}") \
-                "$(proj_canonical "${proj}") \
-                | sed "s#$(proj_dst "${proj}")#sources#"
-EOF
-
-    if [ -n "${DEBUG}" ]; then
-      debg "${cmd}"
-    fi
-
-    case "${OUTPUT_FORMAT}" in
-      human)
-        if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-          errr '`jq` must be installed for the `doc-validator` target to work.'
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-          note 'To install `jq`, refer to https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/,'
-
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-        ${cmd} \
-        | jq -r '"ERROR: \(.location.path):\(.location.range.start.line // 1):\(.location.range.start.column // 1): \(.message)" + if .suggestions[0].text then "\nSuggestion: \(.suggestions[0].text)" else "" end'
-      ;;
-      json)
-        ${cmd}
-      ;;
-      *)  # default
-        errr "Invalid output format '${OUTPUT_FORMAT}'"
-    esac
-    ;;
   'grafana/vale')
     proj="$(new_proj "$1")"
     printf '\r\n'