Merge branch 'markdown-input-symbol-regex' into 'master'

Stops GFM special characters interfering with markdown tags

See merge request !8265

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.es6
index cbd8ac4eddd..12875eaa1c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.es6
@@ -74,15 +74,16 @@
         // The below is taken from At.js source
         // Tweaked to commands to start without a space only if char before is a non-word character
         // https://github.com/ichord/At.js
-        var _a, _y, regexp, match, atSymbols;
-        atSymbols = Object.keys(this.app.controllers).join('|');
+        var _a, _y, regexp, match, atSymbolsWithBar, atSymbolsWithoutBar;
+        atSymbolsWithBar = Object.keys(this.app.controllers).join('|');
+        atSymbolsWithoutBar = Object.keys(this.app.controllers).join('');
         subtext = subtext.split(' ').pop();
         flag = flag.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
 
         _a = decodeURI("%C3%80");
         _y = decodeURI("%C3%BF");
 
-        regexp = new RegExp("(?:\\B|\\W|\\s)" + flag + "(?![" + atSymbols + "])([A-Za-z" + _a + "-" + _y + "0-9_\'\.\+\-]*)$", 'gi');
+        regexp = new RegExp("^(?:\\B|[^a-zA-Z0-9_" + atSymbolsWithoutBar + "]|\\s)" + flag + "(?![" + atSymbolsWithBar + "])([A-Za-z" + _a + "-" + _y + "0-9_\'\.\+\-]*)$", 'gi');
 
         match = regexp.exec(subtext);