From 9251a90928f4b0c67855cfb4ed9756c583bd8c27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rudy Celekli <47457359+rudycelekli@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 10:02:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(site): preserve CSS strings when removing comments

Signed-off-by: Rudy Celekli <47457359+rudycelekli@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 scripts/minify_css.py    | 20 ++++++--------------
 tests/test_minify_css.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/minify_css.py b/scripts/minify_css.py
index 048ea0fc..fb369c4c 100644
--- a/scripts/minify_css.py
+++ b/scripts/minify_css.py
@@ -19,26 +19,18 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-_COMMENT = re.compile(r"/\*.*?\*/", flags=re.DOTALL)
+_TOKEN = re.compile(r"/\*.*?\*/" r"|\"(?:\\.|[^\"\\])*\"" r"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'", flags=re.DOTALL)
 _TRAILING_WS = re.compile(r"[ \t]+(?=\n)")
 _BLANK_RUN = re.compile(r"\n{3,}")
-_STRING = re.compile(r'"[^"]*"')
 
 
 def minify_css(source: str) -> str:
     """Return the stylesheet with comments and blank runs removed."""
-    # Hold string literals aside so a `/*` inside one is not mistaken for a
-    # comment (a background-image url could legally contain it).
-    held: list[str] = []
-
-    def _hold(match: re.Match[str]) -> str:
-        held.append(match.group(0))
-        return f"__BRCSS_STRING_{len(held) - 1}__"
-
-    protected = _STRING.sub(_hold, source)
-    cleaned = _COMMENT.sub("", protected)
-    for index, literal in enumerate(held):
-        cleaned = cleaned.replace(f"__BRCSS_STRING_{index}__", literal)
+    # Match comments and strings in one pass: quotes inside comments cannot
+    # hide the terminator, and comment markers inside strings remain literal.
+    cleaned = _TOKEN.sub(
+        lambda match: "" if match.group(0).startswith("/*") else match.group(0), source
+    )
     cleaned = _TRAILING_WS.sub("", cleaned)
     return _BLANK_RUN.sub("\n\n", cleaned).strip() + "\n"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_minify_css.py b/tests/test_minify_css.py
index 96704811..0bfb94b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_minify_css.py
+++ b/tests/test_minify_css.py
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ def test_selectors_and_declarations_are_never_rewritten():
     result = minify_css(source)
     assert "@media (max-width: 700px)" in result
     assert ".a,.b { color: rgb(1 2 3 / 50%); margin: 0 auto; }" in result
+
+
+def test_cli_preserves_single_quoted_and_escaped_literals(tmp_path):
+    source = 'x { background: url(\'a/*b*/c.png\'); content: "say \\"/*literal*/\\""; }\n'
+    path = tmp_path / "styles.css"
+    path.write_text(source + "/* removable comment */\n")
+    assert mc.main([str(path)]) == 0
+    assert path.read_text() == source
+
+
+def test_quotes_inside_comments_do_not_hide_following_rules():
+    source = '/* a " quote */\nx { color: red; }\n/* another " quote */\n'
+    assert minify_css(source) == "x { color: red; }\n"