Add whitelistPatternsGreedy option

docs/configuration.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ interface UserDefinedOptions {
   whitelist?: string[]
   whitelistPatterns?: Array<RegExp>
   whitelistPatternsChildren?: Array<RegExp>
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy?: Array<RegExp>
 }
 
 interface RawContent {
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ You can learn more about extractors [here](extractors.md).
 
 - **fontFace \(default: false\)**
 
-If there are any unused @font-face rules in your css, you can remove them by setting the `fontFace` option to `true`
+If there are any unused @font-face rules in your css, you can remove them by setting the `fontFace` option to `true`.
 
 ```js
 await new PurgeCSS().purge({
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ await new PurgeCSS().purge({
 
 - **variables \(default: false\)**
 
-If your are using Custom Properties (CSS variables), or a library using them such as Bootstrap, you can remove unused CSS variables by setting the `variables` option to `true`.
+If you are using Custom Properties (CSS variables), or a library using them such as Bootstrap, you can remove unused CSS variables by setting the `variables` option to `true`.
 
 ```js
 await new PurgeCSS().purge({
@@ -204,8 +205,7 @@ await new PurgeCSS().purge({
 
 - **rejected \(default: false\)**
 
-It can sometimes be more practical to scan through the removed list to see if there's anything obviously wrong.
-If you want to do it, use the `rejected` option.
+It can sometimes be more practical to scan through the removed list to see if there's anything obviously wrong. If you want to do it, use the `rejected` option.
 
 ```js
 await new PurgeCSS().purge({
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ await new PurgeCSS().purge({
 
 - **whitelist**
 
-You can whitelist selectors to stop PurgeCSS from removing them from your CSS. This can be accomplished with the options `whitelist` and `whitelistPatterns`.
+You can whitelist selectors to stop PurgeCSS from removing them from your CSS. This can be accomplished with the options `whitelist`, `whitelistPatterns`, `whitelistPatternsChildren`, and `whitelistPatternsGreedy`.
 
 ```js
 const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
 })
 ```
 
-In the example, the selectors `.random`, `#yep`, `button` will be left in the final CSS.
+In this example, the selectors `.random`, `#yep`, `button` will be left in the final CSS.
 
 - **whitelistPatterns**
 
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
 })
 ```
 
-In the example, selectors ending with `red` such as `.bg-red` will be left in the final CSS.
+In this example, selectors ending with `red` such as `.bg-red` will be left in the final CSS.
 
 - **whitelistPatternsChildren**
 
-You can whitelist selectors based on a regular expression with `whitelistPatternsChildren`. Contrary to `whitelistPatterns`, it will also whitelist children of the selectors.
+You can whitelist selectors and their children based on a regular expression with `whitelistPatternsChildren`.
 
 ```js
 const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
@@ -255,5 +255,18 @@ const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
 })
 ```
 
-In the example, selectors such as `red p` or `.bg-red .child-of-bg` will be left in the final CSS.
+In this example, selectors such as `.bg-red .child-of-bg` will be left in the final CSS, even if `child-of-bg` is not found.
 
+- **whitelistPatternsGreedy**
+
+Finally, you can whitelist whole selectors if any part of that selector matches a regular expression with `whitelistPatternsGreedy`.
+
+```js
+const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
+  content: [], // content
+  css: [], // css
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy: [/red$/]
+})
+```
+
+In this example, selectors such as `button.bg-red.nonexistent-class` will be left in the final CSS, even if `button` and `nonexistent-class` are not found.

docs/plugins/webpack.md

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ new PurgecssPlugin({
 })
 ```
 
-* #### whitelist, whitelistPatterns and whitelistPatternsChildren
+* #### whitelist, whitelistPatterns, whitelistPatternsChildren, and whitelistPatternsGreedy
 
 Similar as for the `paths` option, you can also define functions for the following options:
 
@@ -141,11 +141,17 @@ function collectWhitelistPatternsChildren() {
     return [/^whitelisted-/];
 }
 
+function collectWhitelistPatternsGreedy() {
+    // do something to collect the whitelist
+    return [/^whitelisted-/];
+}
+
 // In the webpack configuration
 new PurgecssPlugin({
   whitelist: collectWhitelist,
   whitelistPatterns: collectWhitelistPatterns,
-  whitelistPatternsChildren: collectWhitelistPatternsChildren
+  whitelistPatternsChildren: collectWhitelistPatternsChildren,
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy: collectWhitelistPatternsGreedy
 })
 ```
 

docs/whitelisting.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ meta:
 
 # Whitelisting
 
-You can whitelist selectors to stop PurgeCSS from removing them from your CSS. This can be accomplished with the PurgeCSS options `whitelist`, `whitelistPatterns`, `whitelistPatternsChildren`, or directly in your CSS with a special comment.
+You can whitelist selectors to stop PurgeCSS from removing them from your CSS. This can be accomplished with the PurgeCSS options `whitelist`, `whitelistPatterns`, `whitelistPatternsChildren`, `whitelistPatternsGreedy`, or directly in your CSS with a special comment.
 
 ## Specific selectors
 
@@ -28,18 +28,19 @@ In the example, the selectors `.random`, `#yep`, `button` will be left in the fi
 
 ## Patterns
 
-You can whitelist selectors based on a regular expression with `whitelistPatterns` and `whitelistPatternsChildren`.
+You can whitelist selectors based on a regular expression with `whitelistPatterns`, `whitelistPatternsChildren`, and `whitelistPatternsGreedy`.
 
 ```javascript
 const purgecss = new Purgecss({
     content: [], // content
     css: [], // css
     whitelistPatterns: [/red$/],
-    whitelistPatternsChildren: [/blue$/]
+    whitelistPatternsChildren: [/blue$/],
+    whitelistPatternsGreedy: [/yellow$/]
 })
 ```
 
-In the example, selectors ending with `red` such as `.bg-red`, and children of selectors ending with `blue` such as `blue p` or `.bg-blue .child-of-bg`, will be left in the final CSS.
+In the example, selectors ending with `red` such as `.bg-red`, selectors ending with `blue` as well as their children such as `blue p` or `.bg-blue .child-of-bg`, and selectors that have any part ending with `yellow` such as `button.bg-yellow.other-class`, will be left in the final CSS.
 
 Patterns are regular expressions. You can use [regexr](https://regexr.com) to verify the regular expressions correspond to what you are looking for.
 

packages/gulp-purgecss/src/types/index.ts

@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ export interface UserDefinedOptions {
   whitelist?: string[];
   whitelistPatterns?: Array<RegExp>;
   whitelistPatternsChildren?: Array<RegExp>;
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy?: Array<RegExp>;
 }

packages/postcss-purgecss/src/types/index.ts

@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ export interface UserDefinedOptions {
   whitelist?: string[];
   whitelistPatterns?: Array<RegExp>;
   whitelistPatternsChildren?: Array<RegExp>;
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy?: Array<RegExp>;
 }

packages/purgecss-webpack-plugin/README.md

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ new PurgecssPlugin({
 })
 ```
 
-* #### whitelist, whitelistPatterns and whitelistPatternsChildren
+* #### whitelist, whitelistPatterns, whitelistPatternsChildren, and whitelistPatternsGreedy
 
 Similar as for the `paths` option, you also can define functions for the these options:
 
@@ -176,11 +176,17 @@ function collectWhitelistPatternsChildren() {
     return [/^whitelisted-/];
 }
 
+function collectWhitelistPatternsGreedy() {
+    // do something to collect the whitelist
+    return [/^whitelisted-/];
+}
+
 // In the webpack configuration
 new PurgecssPlugin({
   whitelist: collectWhitelist,
   whitelistPatterns: collectWhitelistPatterns,
-  whitelistPatternsChildren: collectWhitelistPatternsChildren
+  whitelistPatternsChildren: collectWhitelistPatternsChildren,
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy: collectWhitelistPatternsGreedy
 })
 ```
 

packages/purgecss-webpack-plugin/__tests__/cases/path-and-whitelist-functions/webpack.config.js

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
             whitelist: () => ['whitelisted'],
             whitelistPatterns: () => [/^whitelistedPat/],
             whitelistPatternsChildren: () => [/^whitelistedPatternChildren/],
+            whitelistPatternsGreedy: () => [/^whitelistedPatternGreedy/],
             extractors: [
                 {
                     extractor: customExtractor,

packages/purgecss-webpack-plugin/src/index.ts

@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ export default class PurgeCSSPlugin {
         if (typeof options.whitelistPatternsChildren === "function") {
           options.whitelistPatternsChildren = options.whitelistPatternsChildren();
         }
+        if (typeof options.whitelistPatternsGreedy === "function") {
+          options.whitelistPatternsGreedy = options.whitelistPatternsGreedy();
+        }
 
         const purgecss = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
           content: options.content,
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ export default class PurgeCSSPlugin {
           whitelist: options.whitelist,
           whitelistPatterns: options.whitelistPatterns,
           whitelistPatternsChildren: options.whitelistPatternsChildren,
+          whitelistPatternsGreedy: options.whitelistPatternsGreedy,
         });
         const purged = purgecss[0];
 

packages/purgecss-webpack-plugin/src/types/index.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface UserDefinedOptions {
   whitelist?: string[] | WhitelistFunction;
   whitelistPatterns?: Array<RegExp> | WhitelistPatternsFunction;
   whitelistPatternsChildren?: Array<RegExp> | WhitelistPatternsFunction;
+  whitelistPatternsGreedy?: Array<RegExp> | WhitelistPatternsFunction;
   only?: string[];
 }
 

packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/whitelist_patterns_greedy/whitelist_patterns_greedy.css

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.card {}
+.card[data-v-test] {}
+.card.card--large {}
+.card[data-v-test].card--large {}
+.card .card-content {}
+.card[data-v-test] .card-content {}

packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/whitelist_patterns_greedy/whitelist_patterns_greedy.html

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<html>
+	<body>
+		<div class="card"></div>
+	</body>
+</html>

packages/purgecss/__tests__/whitelist.test.ts

@@ -87,3 +87,41 @@ describe("whitelistPatternsChildren", () => {
     expect(purgedCSS.includes(".btn__green")).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("whitelistPatternsGreedy", () => {
+  let purgedCSS: string;
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const resultsPurge = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
+      content: [
+        `${root}whitelist_patterns_greedy/whitelist_patterns_greedy.html`,
+      ],
+      css: [`${root}whitelist_patterns_greedy/whitelist_patterns_greedy.css`],
+      whitelistPatternsGreedy: [/data-v-.*/],
+    });
+    purgedCSS = resultsPurge[0].css;
+  });
+
+  it("finds card", () => {
+    expect(purgedCSS.includes(".card")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("finds card with data-v attribute", () => {
+    expect(purgedCSS.includes(".card[data-v-test]")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("excludes card--large", () => {
+    expect(purgedCSS.includes(".card.card--large")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("finds card--large with data-v attribute", () => {
+    expect(purgedCSS.includes(".card[data-v-test].card--large")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("excludes card-content", () => {
+    expect(purgedCSS.includes(".card .card-content")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("finds card-content inside card with data-v attribute", () => {
+    expect(purgedCSS.includes(".card[data-v-test] .card-content")).toBe(true);
+  });
+});