From a1e1f37cae464293221559c33433e336c02d7f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex Pooley (@zuedev)" <zuedev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 16:15:11 +0000
Subject: install GNU sed and use bash shell in CI for Alpine

---
 .github/workflows/test-validators.yml |  6 +++++-
 validators/bash/validate.sh           | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-validators.yml b/.github/workflows/test-validators.yml
index dae7308..f734b5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-validators.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-validators.yml
@@ -86,21 +86,25 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: apk add --no-cache bash jq coreutils
+        run: apk add --no-cache bash jq coreutils sed
 
       - name: Make script executable
         run: chmod +x validators/bash/validate.sh
 
       - name: Validate minimal example
+        shell: bash
         run: ./validators/bash/validate.sh examples/minimal.gitinfo
 
       - name: Validate open-source-project example
+        shell: bash
         run: ./validators/bash/validate.sh examples/open-source-project.gitinfo
 
       - name: Validate mirror-only example (JSONC with comments)
+        shell: bash
         run: ./validators/bash/validate.sh examples/mirror-only.gitinfo
 
       - name: Test invalid file detection
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           echo '{"invalid_field": "should fail"}' > /tmp/invalid.gitinfo
           if ./validators/bash/validate.sh /tmp/invalid.gitinfo; then
diff --git a/validators/bash/validate.sh b/validators/bash/validate.sh
index 82b4af2..201c0b7 100644
--- a/validators/bash/validate.sh
+++ b/validators/bash/validate.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ fi
 
 # Strip JSONC comments using sed
 strip_comments() {
-    # Remove carriage returns (Windows line endings), single-line comments, and multi-line comments
-    # Also remove trailing commas before } or ] (valid in JSONC, invalid in JSON)
-    # Uses POSIX-compatible sed syntax for portability (works with busybox sed)
-    cat "$1" | tr -d '\r' | sed 's|//.*$||g' | sed 's|/\*[^*]*\*/||g' | sed 's/,[ 	]*}/}/g' | sed 's/,[ 	]*]/]/g'
+    # Remove carriage returns, single-line comments, multi-line comments, and trailing commas
+    tr -d '\r' < "$1" \
+        | sed 's|//.*||g' \
+        | sed 's|/\*[^*]*\*/||g' \
+        | sed 's/,[[:space:]]*}/}/g' \
+        | sed 's/,[[:space:]]*]/]/g'
 }
 
 # Validate URI format
-- 
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