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utils/stringUtils.ts
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This file lives under βutils/β, which covers cross-cutting helpers (shell, tempfiles, settings, messages, process input, β¦). On the API surface it exposes escapeRegExp, capitalize, plural, firstLineOf, and countCharInString (and more) β mainly functions, hooks, or classes. What the file header says: General string utility functions and classes for safe string accumulation.
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π§ Inline summary
General string utility functions and classes for safe string accumulation
π€ Exports (heuristic)
escapeRegExpcapitalizepluralfirstLineOfcountCharInStringnormalizeFullWidthDigitsnormalizeFullWidthSpacesafeJoinLinesEndTruncatingAccumulatortruncateToLines
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/**
* General string utility functions and classes for safe string accumulation
*/
/**
* Escapes special regex characters in a string so it can be used as a literal
* pattern in a RegExp constructor.
*/
export function escapeRegExp(str: string): string {
return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
}
/**
* Uppercases the first character of a string, leaving the rest unchanged.
* Unlike lodash `capitalize`, this does NOT lowercase the remaining characters.
*
* @example capitalize('fooBar') β 'FooBar'
* @example capitalize('hello world') β 'Hello world'
*/
export function capitalize(str: string): string {
return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1)
}
/**
* Returns the singular or plural form of a word based on count.
* Replaces the inline `word${n === 1 ? '' : 's'}` idiom.
*
* @example plural(1, 'file') β 'file'
* @example plural(3, 'file') β 'files'
* @example plural(2, 'entry', 'entries') β 'entries'
*/
export function plural(
n: number,
word: string,
pluralWord = word + 's',
): string {
return n === 1 ? word : pluralWord
}
/**
* Returns the first line of a string without allocating a split array.
* Used for shebang detection in diff rendering.
*/
export function firstLineOf(s: string): string {
const nl = s.indexOf('\n')
return nl === -1 ? s : s.slice(0, nl)
}
/**
* Counts occurrences of `char` in `str` using indexOf jumps instead of
* per-character iteration. Structurally typed so Buffer works too
* (Buffer.indexOf accepts string needles).
*/
export function countCharInString(
str: { indexOf(search: string, start?: number): number },
char: string,
start = 0,
): number {
let count = 0
let i = str.indexOf(char, start)
while (i !== -1) {
count++
i = str.indexOf(char, i + 1)
}
return count
}
/**
* Normalize full-width (zenkaku) digits to half-width digits.
* Useful for accepting input from Japanese/CJK IMEs.
*/
export function normalizeFullWidthDigits(input: string): string {
return input.replace(/[οΌ-οΌ]/g, ch =>
String.fromCharCode(ch.charCodeAt(0) - 0xfee0),
)
}
/**
* Normalize full-width (zenkaku) space to half-width space.
* Useful for accepting input from Japanese/CJK IMEs (U+3000 β U+0020).
*/
export function normalizeFullWidthSpace(input: string): string {
return input.replace(/\u3000/g, ' ')
}
// Keep in-memory accumulation modest to avoid blowing up RSS.
// Overflow beyond this limit is spilled to disk by ShellCommand.
const MAX_STRING_LENGTH = 2 ** 25
/**
* Safely joins an array of strings with a delimiter, truncating if the result exceeds maxSize.
*
* @param lines Array of strings to join
* @param delimiter Delimiter to use between strings (default: ',')
* @param maxSize Maximum size of the resulting string
* @returns The joined string, truncated if necessary
*/
export function safeJoinLines(
lines: string[],
delimiter: string = ',',
maxSize: number = MAX_STRING_LENGTH,
): string {
const truncationMarker = '...[truncated]'
let result = ''
for (const line of lines) {
const delimiterToAdd = result ? delimiter : ''
const fullAddition = delimiterToAdd + line
if (result.length + fullAddition.length <= maxSize) {
// The full line fits
result += fullAddition
} else {
// Need to truncate
const remainingSpace =
maxSize -
result.length -
delimiterToAdd.length -
truncationMarker.length
if (remainingSpace > 0) {
// Add delimiter and as much of the line as will fit
result +=
delimiterToAdd + line.slice(0, remainingSpace) + truncationMarker
} else {
// No room for any of this line, just add truncation marker
result += truncationMarker
}
return result
}
}
return result
}
/**
* A string accumulator that safely handles large outputs by truncating from the end
* when a size limit is exceeded. This prevents RangeError crashes while preserving
* the beginning of the output.
*/
export class EndTruncatingAccumulator {
private content: string = ''
private isTruncated = false
private totalBytesReceived = 0
/**
* Creates a new EndTruncatingAccumulator
* @param maxSize Maximum size in characters before truncation occurs
*/
constructor(private readonly maxSize: number = MAX_STRING_LENGTH) {}
/**
* Appends data to the accumulator. If the total size exceeds maxSize,
* the end is truncated to maintain the size limit.
* @param data The string data to append
*/
append(data: string | Buffer): void {
const str = typeof data === 'string' ? data : data.toString()
this.totalBytesReceived += str.length
// If already at capacity and truncated, don't modify content
if (this.isTruncated && this.content.length >= this.maxSize) {
return
}
// Check if adding the string would exceed the limit
if (this.content.length + str.length > this.maxSize) {
// Only append what we can fit
const remainingSpace = this.maxSize - this.content.length
if (remainingSpace > 0) {
this.content += str.slice(0, remainingSpace)
}
this.isTruncated = true
} else {
this.content += str
}
}
/**
* Returns the accumulated string, with truncation marker if truncated
*/
toString(): string {
if (!this.isTruncated) {
return this.content
}
const truncatedBytes = this.totalBytesReceived - this.maxSize
const truncatedKB = Math.round(truncatedBytes / 1024)
return this.content + `\n... [output truncated - ${truncatedKB}KB removed]`
}
/**
* Clears all accumulated data
*/
clear(): void {
this.content = ''
this.isTruncated = false
this.totalBytesReceived = 0
}
/**
* Returns the current size of accumulated data
*/
get length(): number {
return this.content.length
}
/**
* Returns whether truncation has occurred
*/
get truncated(): boolean {
return this.isTruncated
}
/**
* Returns total bytes received (before truncation)
*/
get totalBytes(): number {
return this.totalBytesReceived
}
}
/**
* Truncates text to a maximum number of lines, adding an ellipsis if truncated.
*
* @param text The text to truncate
* @param maxLines Maximum number of lines to keep
* @returns The truncated text with ellipsis if truncated
*/
export function truncateToLines(text: string, maxLines: number): string {
const lines = text.split('\n')
if (lines.length <= maxLines) {
return text
}
return lines.slice(0, maxLines).join('\n') + 'β¦'
}