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+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { MdToHtml } from 'util/formatting/md-to-html';
+
+describe('MdToHtml', () => {
+    it('should convert markdown', () => {
+        expect(MdToHtml.convert('## head\n_italic_')).to.eql(
+            '<div class="markdown"><h2>head</h2>\n<p><em>italic</em></p>\n</div>'
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('should not add markdown wrapper tags for plaintext', () => {
+        expect(MdToHtml.convert('plain\ntext')).to.eql('plain\ntext');
+    });
+
+    it('should convert links', () => {
+        expect(MdToHtml.convert('[link](https://x)')).to.eql(
+            '<div class="markdown">' +
+                '<p><a href="https://x" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">link</a></p>\n' +
+                '</div>'
+        );
+    });
+});