GFM refactor: Simplify the regex pattern

Makes use of 'extended' patterns to add comments to the groups, and also
reduces the total number of groups to just those that are used.

app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 module GitlabMarkdownHelper
+  REFERENCE_PATTERN = %r{
+    (\W)?              # Prefix (1)
+    (                  # Reference (2)
+      @([\w\._]+)    | # User name (3)
+      [#!$](\d+)     | # Issue/MR/Snippet ID (4)
+      [\h]{6,40}       # Commit ID (2)
+    )
+    (\W)?              # Suffix (5)
+  }x.freeze
+
   def gfm(text, html_options = {})
     return text if text.nil?
     return text if @project.nil?
@@ -12,53 +22,21 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
       "{gfm-extraction-#{md5}}"
     end
 
-    # match     1    2 3               4     5            6
+    text.gsub!(REFERENCE_PATTERN) do |match|
-    text.gsub!(/(\W)?(@([\w\._]+)|[#!$](\d+)|([\h]{6,40}))(\W)?/) do |match|
+      vals = {
-      prefix    = $1
+        prefix:       $1,
-      reference = $2
+        reference:    $2,
-      user_name = $3
+        user_name:    $3,
-      issue_id  = $4
+        reference_id: $4,
-      merge_request_id = $4
+        suffix:       $5
-      snippet_id = $4
+      }
-      commit_id = $5
-      suffix    = $6
 
-      # TODO: add popups with additional information
+      if ref_link = reference_link(vals, html_options)
-      ref_link = case reference
+        sprintf('%s%s%s', vals[:prefix], ref_link, vals[:suffix])
-
+      else
-                  # team member: @foo
+        match
-                  when /^@/
+      end
-                    user = @project.users.where(name: user_name).first
-                    member = @project.users_projects.where(user_id: user).first if user
-                    link_to("@#{user_name}", project_team_member_path(@project, member), html_options.merge(class: "gfm gfm-team_member #{html_options[:class]}")) if member
-
-                  # issue: #123
-                  when /^#/
-                    # avoid HTML entities
-                    unless prefix.try(:end_with?, "&") && suffix.try(:start_with?, ";")
-                      issue = @project.issues.where(id: issue_id).first
-                      link_to("##{issue_id}", project_issue_path(@project, issue), html_options.merge(title: "Issue: #{issue.title}", class: "gfm gfm-issue #{html_options[:class]}")) if issue
     end
-
-                  # merge request: !123
-                  when /^!/
-                    merge_request = @project.merge_requests.where(id: merge_request_id).first
-                    link_to("!#{merge_request_id}", project_merge_request_path(@project, merge_request), html_options.merge(title: "Merge Request: #{merge_request.title}", class: "gfm gfm-merge_request #{html_options[:class]}")) if merge_request
-
-                  # snippet: $123
-                  when /^\$/
-                    snippet = @project.snippets.where(id: snippet_id).first
-                    link_to("$#{snippet_id}", project_snippet_path(@project, snippet), html_options.merge(title: "Snippet: #{snippet.title}", class: "gfm gfm-snippet #{html_options[:class]}")) if snippet
-
-                  # commit: 123456...
-                  when /^\h/
-                    commit = @project.commit(commit_id)
-                    link_to(commit_id, project_commit_path(@project, id: commit.id), html_options.merge(title: "Commit: #{commit.author_name} - #{CommitDecorator.new(commit).title}", class: "gfm gfm-commit #{html_options[:class]}")) if commit
-
-                  end # case
-
-      ref_link.nil? ? match : "#{prefix}#{ref_link}#{suffix}"
-    end # gsub
 
     # Insert pre block extractions
     text.gsub!(/\{gfm-extraction-(\h{32})\}/) do
@@ -93,4 +71,42 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
 
     @__renderer.render(text).html_safe
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def reference_link(vals, html_options)
+    # TODO: add popups with additional information
+    case vals[:reference]
+
+      # team member: @foo
+    when /^@/
+      user = @project.users.where(name: vals[:user_name]).first
+      member = @project.users_projects.where(user_id: user).first if user
+      link_to("@#{user.name}", project_team_member_path(@project, member), html_options.merge(class: "gfm gfm-team_member #{html_options[:class]}")) if member
+
+    # issue: #123
+    when /^#/
+      # avoid HTML entities
+      unless vals[:prefix].try(:end_with?, "&") && vals[:suffix].try(:start_with?, ";")
+        issue = @project.issues.where(id: vals[:reference_id]).first
+        link_to("##{issue.id}", project_issue_path(@project, issue), html_options.merge(title: "Issue: #{issue.title}", class: "gfm gfm-issue #{html_options[:class]}")) if issue
+      end
+
+    # merge request: !123
+    when /^!/
+      merge_request = @project.merge_requests.where(id: vals[:reference_id]).first
+      link_to("!#{merge_request.id}", project_merge_request_path(@project, merge_request), html_options.merge(title: "Merge Request: #{merge_request.title}", class: "gfm gfm-merge_request #{html_options[:class]}")) if merge_request
+
+    # snippet: $123
+    when /^\$/
+      snippet = @project.snippets.where(id: vals[:reference_id]).first
+      link_to("$#{snippet.id}", project_snippet_path(@project, snippet), html_options.merge(title: "Snippet: #{snippet.title}", class: "gfm gfm-snippet #{html_options[:class]}")) if snippet
+
+    # commit: 123456...
+    when /^\h/
+      commit = @project.commit(vals[:reference])
+      link_to(vals[:reference], project_commit_path(@project, id: commit.id), html_options.merge(title: "Commit: #{commit.author_name} - #{CommitDecorator.new(commit).title}", class: "gfm gfm-commit #{html_options[:class]}")) if commit
+
+    end
+  end
 end