splunk / splunk/contentctl

search with inline comments are treated like macros

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Description

If you have triple back-tick inline comments in your search contentctl tries to parse it as a macro and throws an error.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with search content containing triple-backtick inline comments, then trace where the search input is parsed as a macro. Done means inline comments are accepted as comments and no macro-parsing error is raised.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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