fix: strip all accumulated tags in stripTagPrefix to prevent tag accumulation#12
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…mulation The TAG_PREFIX_REGEX was only matching a single tag prefix, causing tags to accumulate when content is processed multiple times during transform passes, compartment compaction, or message replay. Changed the regex from /^§\d+§\s*/ to /^(?:§\d+§\s*)+/ to match one or more consecutive tags at the start of the string. This ensures stripTagPrefix removes ALL accumulated tags before prependTag adds a fresh one. Fixes #11
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Pull request overview
Fixes a tag prefix normalization bug in the magic-context tagging utilities so repeated transform passes don’t accumulate multiple §<id>§ prefixes on the same content.
Changes:
- Update the tag-prefix stripping regex to remove all consecutive
§<id>§prefixes at the start of a string (not just the first). - Ensure
prependTag()consistently results in a single tag prefix even when content has already been tagged multiple times.
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Summary
Fixes tag accumulation bug where
stripTagPrefixonly removed a single tag, causing §N§ symbols to accumulate when content is processed multiple times during transform passes, compartment compaction, or message replay.Changes
Changed
TAG_PREFIX_REGEXintag-content-primitives.ts:Problem
The original regex only stripped the outermost tag prefix, leaving previously accumulated tags intact. Each transform pass would prepend a new tag on top of old ones, resulting in unreadable messages like:
Solution
The new regex uses a non-capturing group with
+quantifier to match all consecutive tag prefixes at the start of the string. This ensuresstripTagPrefixremoves all accumulated cruft beforeprependTagadds a single fresh tag.Testing
This change maintains backward compatibility - existing single-tag content works identically, and multi-tag content is now properly normalized to a single tag.
Fixes #11