regex101: todos and tags in code

Group 1(-|\s*|\/\/|\/\*|<!--|\*|[*[0-9.]*)

1st Alternative-

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative\s*

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

3rd Alternative\/\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

4th Alternative\/\*

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

5th Alternative<!--

<!--the literal text <!--

6th Alternative\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

7th Alternative[*[0-9.]*

Character Class[*[0-9.]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 2(\s*)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 3(TAG|d])

1st AlternativeTAG

TAGthe literal text TAG (case sensitive)

2nd Alternatived]

d]the literal text d] (case sensitive)

Group 4(-*|:*|\s*)

1st Alternative-*

-*the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆) , repeated any number of times

2nd Alternative:*

:*the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆) , repeated any number of times

3rd Alternative\s*

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 5(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

(-|\s*|\/\/|\/\*|<!--|\*|[*[0-9.]*)(\s*)(TAG|d])(-*|:*|\s*)(.*)

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// TAG: this is bug!
    // TAG: this is bug!
\t // TAG: this is bug!
<!-- TAG: this is a hack!
    <!-- TAG: this is a hack!
* TAG: need to fix this - TAG
- TAG: this is a todo!
/* TAG: this is a todo!
// TAG: warning or ignore
- [ ] this is an unfinished item
- [x] this item is finished
- [/] this item is finished
TAG: I said something
my comment - TAG

TAG attention!
?? question?
## Sample
[1.2d] | E2E QA & Debugging
[0.6d] | Release
~~ 14.9d
~~ 19d

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