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Regular expression for matching issue references
npm install issue-regex
import issueRegex from 'issue-regex';
'Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023'.match(issueRegex());
//=> ['#143', 'avajs/ava#1023']
Organization name, repository name, and issue number are also available individually in capturing groups 1-3, or named groups organization
, repository
, and issueNumber
:
issueRegex().exec('Fixes avajs/ava#1023');
/*
[
'avajs/ava#1023',
'avajs',
'ava',
'1023',
index: 6,
input: 'Fixes avajs/ava#1023',
groups: {
organization: 'avajs',
repository: 'ava',
issueNumber: '1023'
}
]
*/
Returns a RegExp
for matching issue references.
Type: object
Support for references like GH-123
can be added manually. Adding a prefix will still match the #-based references:
import issueRegex from 'issue-regex';
issueRegex({additionalPrefix: 'GH-'}).exec('GH-123');
//=> ['GH-123', 'GH-', '123']
'Fixes GH-143 and avajs/ava#1023'.match(issueRegex({additionalPrefix: 'GH-'}));
//=> ['GH-143', 'avajs/ava#1023']
[!NOTE]
additionalPrefix
is added unescaped to the regex, keep it simple.
If you run the regex against untrusted user input in a server context, you should give it a timeout.
I do not consider ReDoS a valid vulnerability for this package.
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Regular expression for matching issue references
The npm package issue-regex receives a total of 209,123 weekly downloads. As such, issue-regex popularity was classified as popular.
We found that issue-regex demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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