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This PR adds support for preserving configured initialisms in generated const identifiers.

Example:

  • Without flag: http_url -> EndpointHttpUrl
  • With --initialism HTTP,URL: http_url -> EndpointHTTPURL

The implementation is token-aware to avoid partial-word rewrites (for example, apiary is not rewritten to APIary).

Motivation

go-enum currently generates idiomatic CamelCase, but projects with common initialisms (HTTP, URL, ID, API, JSON, etc.) need stable Go-style identifier casing without changing enum string values.

This also aligns with Go naming conventions, where initialisms are typically kept in a consistent form in identifiers (for example, HTTP, URL, ID).

What Changed

  1. CLI/API naming
  • Add new repeatable flag: --initialism (comma-separated values supported).
  • Add parser: ParseInitialisms([]string) with validation and deduplication.
  • Add config field: GeneratorConfig.Initialisms.
  • Add option: WithInitialisms(...).
  1. Naming pipeline
  • Apply initialism rewriting during const identifier generation.
  • Rewriting is token-aware (not substring/global replace).
  • Prevents false positives such as apiary -> APIary and ideology -> IDEology.
  1. Tests
  • Added/updated parser tests, integration tests, ordering tests, and regression tests for substring false positives.
  • Added focused tokenizer tests for boundary rules used by shouldSplitToken/splitIdentifierTokens.
  1. Docs
  • Added --initialism to command options.
  • Added a dedicated "Initialism notes" section documenting behavior and interactions.

Behavior and Interactions

  • --initialism affects generated const identifiers only.
  • It does not modify enum string values.
  • --forcelower and --forceupper remain value-focused and independent.
  • Rewriting runs after alias sanitization and after snake_case -> CamelCase conversion.
  • With --nocamel, underscore-separated initialisms may not be rewritten because CamelCase conversion is skipped.
  • Rewriting currently applies to the full identifier (including prefix/type-derived segments), not just the value-derived segment.

Example of full-identifier behavior:

// ENUM(created)
type UserId int

With --initialism ID, generated const is UserIDCreated.

Validation

Commands run:

go test ./...
go test ./generator -run 'TestShouldSplitToken|TestSplitIdentifierTokens|TestInitialism|TestInitialisms' -v

Coverage snapshots on this branch:

  • Total statements: 92.2%
  • generator package: 95.7%
  • ParseInitialisms: 100%
  • splitIdentifierTokens: 100%
  • shouldSplitToken: 100%

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a repeatable --initialism option for configuring uppercase initialisms in generated constant names.
    • Initialisms are applied across supported naming styles and enum types, including examples such as converting Id to ID.
    • Added validation for configured initialisms, including uppercase formatting and duplicate handling.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the option’s behavior, ordering, interactions with naming flags, and usage examples.

Add Acronyms field to GeneratorConfig, WithAcronyms option function,
ParseAcronyms validator, and applyAcronyms method that replaces
title-cased acronym substrings with their fully uppercased forms
in generated const names.

Replacement pairs are precomputed at init time in NewGeneratorWithConfig
and sorted longest-first to handle overlapping acronyms correctly
(e.g., IDE is matched before ID).
Wire the repeatable --acronym StringSlice flag into the CLI, parse
and validate entries via ParseAcronyms, and pass them through to
GeneratorConfig.
Add tests for ParseAcronyms validation, WithAcronyms option, and
integration tests covering int/string enums, kfeatures-style usage,
nocamel interaction, noprefix, and overlapping acronym ordering.
Update TestNewGeneratorWithConfig and TestAllOptionsIntegration.
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Walkthrough

The generator now accepts configured initialisms from the CLI or Go options. It validates and deduplicates values, rewrites matching enum identifier tokens, tests token boundaries and naming modes, and documents the --initialism option.

Changes

Configurable initialism support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Initialism configuration and CLI input
generator/options.go, generator/generator.go, main.go
GeneratorConfig stores initialisms. WithInitialisms appends values. The CLI accepts repeatable --initialism values, validates them with ParseInitialisms, and passes them to each generator configuration.
Identifier initialism rewriting
generator/generator.go
The generator builds replacement mappings, splits identifiers at token boundaries, and applies uppercase initialisms after snake-to-camel conversion during enum generation.
Initialism behavior validation and documentation
generator/generator_test.go, README.md
Tests cover parsing, configuration, token boundaries, naming modes, ordering, and generated identifiers. The README documents the option and its behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant ParseInitialisms
  participant GeneratorConfig
  participant NewGeneratorWithConfig
  participant parseEnum
  participant applyInitialisms
  CLI->>ParseInitialisms: Parse repeatable initialism values
  ParseInitialisms->>GeneratorConfig: Store validated initialisms
  GeneratorConfig->>NewGeneratorWithConfig: Build replacement mappings
  parseEnum->>applyInitialisms: Rewrite converted enum identifier
  applyInitialisms-->>parseEnum: Return identifier with uppercase initialisms
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CLI input is validated, but Go callers can provide lowercase initialisms and receive incorrectly cased generated constants. Normalize or reject programmatic values before merging; overall impact is bounded.

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- Line 94: Update the initialism setup used by GeneratorConfig and
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Comment thread generator/generator.go
title := cases.Title(language.Und, cases.NoLower)
g.initialismReplacements = make(map[string]string, len(config.Initialisms))
for _, initialism := range config.Initialisms {
g.initialismReplacements[title.String(strings.ToLower(initialism))] = initialism

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize or reject programmatic initialisms.

The CLI calls ParseInitialisms, but WithInitialisms and direct GeneratorConfig construction bypass it. For example, WithInitialisms("http") creates "Http" -> "http", so a no-prefix http value becomes http instead of HTTP.

Ensure that this constructor stores an uppercase replacement, or make all programmatic entry points enforce the same validation contract.

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In `@generator/generator.go` at line 94, Update the initialism setup used by
GeneratorConfig and WithInitialisms so programmatic values are normalized or
rejected consistently with ParseInitialisms; store uppercase replacement values
so inputs such as “http” produce HTTP for no-prefix matches. Ensure all
programmatic entry points enforce the same contract.

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