plugins: replace most verbose matcher regexes #6285
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- Split up verbose pluginmatcher regexes into multiple matchers with non-verbose regexes, or translate unnecessary verbose regexes into non-verbose ones, but keep verbose pluginmatcher regexes where it makes sense - Update plugin logic and refer to the matcher name instead of the capture group name where it makes sense - Optimize regexes in certain cases, based on URL data from tests - Update tests accordingly
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The motivation for this change is the addition of a
--show-pluginmatchers/--show-matchersCLI argument, which could list the matchers of a specific plugin (or all plugins), which allows users to check why an input URL might not have matched.As mentioned in the commit message body, I rewrote some regexes, so there's potential for mistakes here. Albavision is one of those plugins, whose regex tries to match lots of hostnames and then all potential URL paths accross all sites.
In regards to capture group names, those were not changed, so no plugin logic had to be touched. One exception is the tf1 plugin, which now refers to the name of the matched pluginmatcher instead of the capture group. This probably could've been done in other plugins too, but I didn't want to spend any time on this.
Yes, adding more plugin matchers instead of having just one big verbose regex is bad performance-wise, but this is totally insignificant. Verbose "catch-all" regexes are bad legibility/maintainability-wise and are bad for a CLI arg as mentioned above.
I will have another look at the diff later before merging...