More accurate package.json name regex

[shravan2x]

This issue was originally posted at aspnet/JavaScriptServices#1232.

As of VS2017, the package.json name field is required to match the regex ^[^A-Z]+$ and have a length not more than 214 characters.

I propose that this regex be changed to

^(?:@[a-z0-9-~][a-z0-9-._~]*\/)?[a-z0-9-~][a-z0-9-._~]*$

This regex follows the guidelines at https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json better. I have added some simple unit tests for it over at https://regex101.com/r/QgADad/3/tests.

The following lines can also be handled by the regex itself by prepending (?=.{1,214}$), but I have not made this change in case these fields serve other purposes too.

"maxLength": 214,
"minLength": 1

Please let me know if you would like me to clarify the regex in any way. It is much more complex than the existing one, but also more accurate.

Ref:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/695438/safe-characters-for-friendly-url
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11197549/regular-expression-limit-string-size

[madskristensen]

Brilliant. Thanks 👍