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fix: support YAML list format for frontmatter tags #29

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39 changes: 30 additions & 9 deletions lua/markdown-notes/notes.lua
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Expand Up @@ -170,17 +170,36 @@ function M.search_tags()
for _, file in ipairs(all_files) do
local content = vim.fn.readfile(file)
local in_frontmatter = false
local in_tags_list = false

for _, line in ipairs(content) do
for i, line in ipairs(content) do
if line == "---" then
in_frontmatter = not in_frontmatter
elseif in_frontmatter and line:match("^tags:") then
-- Extract tags from YAML array format: tags: [tag1, tag2, tag3]
local tags_line = line:gsub("^tags:%s*", "")
if tags_line:match("^%[.*%]$") then
-- Remove brackets and split by comma
local tags_content = tags_line:gsub("^%[", ""):gsub("%]$", "")
for tag in tags_content:gmatch("[^,]+") do
in_tags_list = false
elseif in_frontmatter then
if line:match("^tags:") then
-- Extract tags from YAML array format: tags: [tag1, tag2, tag3]
local tags_line = line:gsub("^tags:%s*", "")
if tags_line:match("^%[.*%]$") then
-- Remove brackets and split by comma
local tags_content = tags_line:gsub("^%[", ""):gsub("%]$", "")
for tag in tags_content:gmatch("[^,]+") do
local clean_tag = tag:gsub("%s", ""):gsub('"', ""):gsub("'", "")
if clean_tag ~= "" then
if not tags[clean_tag] then
tags[clean_tag] = {}
end
table.insert(tags[clean_tag], file)
end
end
else
-- YAML list format: tags are on following lines starting with -
in_tags_list = true
end
elseif in_tags_list and line:match("^%s*-%s+") then
-- Extract tag from YAML list item: " - tagname"
local tag = line:match("^%s*-%s+(.+)")
if tag then
local clean_tag = tag:gsub("%s", ""):gsub('"', ""):gsub("'", "")
if clean_tag ~= "" then
if not tags[clean_tag] then
Expand All @@ -189,8 +208,10 @@ function M.search_tags()
table.insert(tags[clean_tag], file)
end
end
elseif in_tags_list and not line:match("^%s*-%s+") and not line:match("^%s*$") then
-- Hit a non-list-item, non-empty line, stop looking for tags
in_tags_list = false
end
break -- Only process first tags line in frontmatter
end
end
end
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