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Fix metadata_canonical_path URL

Greg Myers requested to merge update-metadata_canonical_path into master

What does this MR do and why?

Fixes metadata_canonical_path URL in patch release blog post template.

Currently the patch release blog post MR template creates a canonical_path URL that ends in .html.md - same as file_name. However, if canonical_url is left as-is (with .html.md ending), this will result in the blog post having a canonical_url that results in 404 error.

For example, the 17.3.2 blog post has a canonical_url ending in .html.md

This is rendered in the source code as:

<link href="https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released.html.md" rel="canonical">

However, visiting https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released.html.md results in 404 error.

Replacing the .html.md ending with / in metadata_canonical_path will generate a canonical_path URL that works as expected:

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  • Fix metadata_canonical_path URL

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Edited by Greg Myers

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