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This utilises regex substitution in the substitute plugin. The previous approach only used regex to match the pattern, then replaced it with a static string. This change allows more complex substitutions, where the output depends on the input. ### Example use case Say we want to keep only the first artist of a multi-artist credit, as in the following list: ``` Neil Young & Crazy Horse -> Neil Young Michael Hurley, The Holy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Frederick & The Clamtones -> Michael Hurley James Yorkston and the Athletes -> James Yorkston ```` This would previously have required three separate rules, one for each resulting artist. By using a regex substitution, we can get the desired behaviour in a single rule: ```yaml substitute: ^(.*?)(,| &| and).*: \1 ``` (Capture the text until the first `,` ` &` or ` and`, then use that capture group as the output) ### Notes I've kept the previous behaviour of only applying the first matching rule, but I'm not 100% sure it's the ideal approach. I can imagine both cases where you want to apply several rules in sequence and cases where you want to stop after the first match. |
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