{{- $url := urls.Parse .Destination -}}
{{- $scheme := $url.Scheme -}}

<a href="
  {{- if eq $scheme "" -}}
    {{- $cleanedPath := strings.Replace $url.Path "\\" "/" -1 -}}
    {{- if strings.HasSuffix $cleanedPath ".md" -}}
      {{- relref .Page $cleanedPath | safeURL -}}
    {{- else -}}
      {{- $cleanedPath | safeURL -}}
    {{- end -}}
  {{- else -}}
    {{- .Destination | safeURL -}}
  {{- end -}}"
  {{- with .Title }} title="{{ . | safeHTML }}"{{- end -}}>
  {{- .Text | safeHTML -}}
</a>

{{- /* whitespace stripped here to avoid trailing newline in rendered result caused by file EOL */ -}}