From 8f0bd33d7a9ac34481fc9bca952634c3a19fc92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phred <fearphage@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:59:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added utility to remove backstage entity refs from entities

Signed-off-by: Phred <fearphage@gmail.com>
---
 .../actions/builtin/helpers.test.ts           | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.test.ts
index b5a375d83d..47f2c88b30 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
  */
 
 import { Git, getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { commitAndPushRepo, initRepoAndPush } from './helpers';
+import { entityNamePickerValidation } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityNamePicker';
+import {
+  commitAndPushRepo,
+  familiarizeEntityName,
+  initRepoAndPush,
+} from './helpers';
 
 jest.mock('@backstage/backend-common', () => ({
   Git: {
@@ -301,3 +306,17 @@ describe('commitAndPushRepo', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('familiarizeEntityName', () => {
+  it.each([
+    'user:default/catpants',
+    'group:default/catpants',
+    'user:catpants',
+    'default/catpants',
+    'user:custom/catpants',
+    'group:custom/catpants',
+    'catpants',
+  ])('should parse: "%s"', (entityName: string) => {
+    expect(familiarizeEntityName(entityName)).toEqual('catpants');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts
index 8bed279a1b..30b75d9e6f 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts
@@ -296,3 +296,7 @@ export function getGitCommitMessage(
     ? gitCommitMessage
     : config.getOptionalString('scaffolder.defaultCommitMessage');
 }
+
+export function familiarizeEntityName(name: string): string {
+  return name.replace(/^.*[:/]/g, '');
+}