Flight Log / djeada/Bash-Scripts #14
Fix backslash escaping in strip_cpp_comments.sh for proper Bash string matching — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in djeada/Bash-Scripts on Jun 29, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +2 −2, 2 files, 1 review.
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A GitHub Copilot pull request in djeada/Bash-Scripts set out to fix backslash escaping in strip_cpp_comments.sh, changing two lines across two files over two commits. The reviewer posted one review with no change requests and no inline comments, writing "Not correct, those are not equivalent". It was closed unmerged after review, logged as a burn.
“Not correct, those are not equivalent”
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From the pull request description
## Problem The `strip_cpp_comments.sh` script had incorrect backslash escaping in string and character literal parsing blocks. The script was comparing characters to single backslashes using `[[ $c == '\' ]]`, which is not proper Bash escaping syntax and could lead to unreliable backslash recogniti…
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- Jun 29, 2025closeddjeada
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