userdiff: adding typescript pattern

Dhruv-0-Arora · Dhruv-0-Arora · commit b12d2d7fd7e0 · 2026-03-22T14:46:22.000-05:00
Add builtin userdiff pattern for TypeScript files.
Recognizes function declarations, class definitions,
arrow functions, and method definitions.

Handles common modifiers like export, async, static, etc..

Signed-off-by: Dhruv Arora &lt;a_dhruv@outlook.com&gt;
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
@@ -337,6 +337,19 @@ PATTERNS("ruby",
 	 "(@|@@|\\$)?[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
 	 "|[-+0-9.e]+|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+|\\?(\\\\C-)?(\\\\M-)?."
 	 "|//=?|[-+*/<>%&^|=!]=|<<=?|>>=?|===|\\.{1,3}|::|[!=]~"),
+PATTERNS("typescript",
+	/* Starting with optional whitespace */
+	"^[ \t]*"
+	/* Followed by an optional export and/or async keyword */
+	"((export[ \t]+)?(async[ \t]+)?"
+	/* Followed by either a function or class declaration */
+	"((function|class)[ \t]+[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*[^{]*)"
+	/* or */
+	"|"
+	/* a variable declaration with const, let, or var */
+	"([ \t]*(const|let|var)[ \t]+[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*[ \t]*=))",
+	/* -- */
+	"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"),
 PATTERNS("rust",
 	 "^[\t ]*((pub(\\([^\\)]+\\))?[\t ]+)?((async|const|unsafe|extern([\t ]+\"[^\"]+\"))[\t ]+)?(struct|enum|union|mod|trait|fn|impl|macro_rules!)[< \t]+[^;]*)$",
 	 /* -- */
