From c587b0dfc11a01d42c0c5f9cea07d040f7a10788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Snyder <nickdsnyder@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:54:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix escape sequences when extracting string literals (#244)

---
 v2/goi18n/extract_command.go      |  7 ++++---
 v2/goi18n/extract_command_test.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/v2/goi18n/extract_command.go b/v2/goi18n/extract_command.go
index 528d617c..67afab4a 100644
--- a/v2/goi18n/extract_command.go
+++ b/v2/goi18n/extract_command.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/v2/i18n"
@@ -240,9 +241,9 @@ func extractStringLiteral(expr ast.Expr) (string, bool) {
 		if v.Kind != token.STRING {
 			return "", false
 		}
-		s := v.Value[1 : len(v.Value)-1]
-		if v.Value[0] == '"' {
-			s = strings.Replace(s, `\"`, `"`, -1)
+		s, err := strconv.Unquote(v.Value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", false
 		}
 		return s, true
 	case *ast.BinaryExpr:
diff --git a/v2/goi18n/extract_command_test.go b/v2/goi18n/extract_command_test.go
index cab9061a..3cfe581b 100644
--- a/v2/goi18n/extract_command_test.go
+++ b/v2/goi18n/extract_command_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ func TestExtract(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			`,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "escape newline",
+			fileName: "file.go",
+			file: `package main
+
+			import "github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/v2/i18n"
+
+			var hasnewline = &i18n.Message{
+				ID:    "hasnewline",
+				Other: "\nfoo\nbar\\",
+			}
+			`,
+			activeFile: []byte(`hasnewline = "\nfoo\nbar\\"
+`),
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "escape",
 			fileName: "file.go",