Function parseValue

src/utils/git/gitConfigParser.ts:114–184

* Parse a config value starting at position i. * Handles quoted strings, escape sequences, and inline comments.

(line: string, start: number)

 * Handles quoted strings, escape sequences, and inline comments.
 */
function parseValue(line: string, start: number): string {
  let result = ''
  let inQuote = false
  let i = start

  while (i < line.length) {
    const ch = line[i]!

    // Inline comments outside quotes end the value
    if (!inQuote && (ch === '#' || ch === ';')) {
      break
    }

    if (ch === '"') {
      inQuote = !inQuote
      i++
      continue
    }

    if (ch === '\\' && i + 1 < line.length) {
      const next = line[i + 1]!
      if (inQuote) {
        // Inside quotes: recognize escape sequences
        switch (next) {
          case 'n':
            result += '\n'
            break
          case 't':
            result += '\t'
            break
          case 'b':
            result += '\b'
            break
          case '"':
            result += '"'
            break
          case '\\':
            result += '\\'
            break
          default:
            // Git silently drops the backslash for unknown escapes
            result += next
            break
        }
        i += 2
        continue
      }
      // Outside quotes: backslash at end of line = continuation (we don't
      // handle multi-line since we split on \n, but handle \\ and others)
      if (next === '\\') {
        result += '\\'
        i += 2
        continue
      }
      // Fallthrough — treat backslash literally outside quotes
    }

    result += ch