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yaml regexp.md
  1. strip beginning/ending single or double quotes
^([^:]*): (?:["'])?(.*?)(?:["'])?$

$1: $2
  1. replace quotes around KEYS with placeholders, if the key has quotes, preserve indents
^(\s*)(?:["'])([^:]*?)(?:["'])?: (.*)$

$1###$2###: $3
  1. replace all remaining unescaped double quotes with escaped double quotes
([^\\])"

$1\"
  1. replace placeholders around quote keys with quotes
^(\s*)###([^:]*?)###?: (.*)$

$1"$2": $3
  1. add double quotes around all values
^([^:]*): (.*)$

$1: "$2"
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