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Resolves #12
Resolves kangax/html-minifier#1126

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  • New Features
    • Added an option to merge compatible adjacent style sheets. It is enabled in the comprehensive preset and available in the demo.
    • Improved merging of compatible adjacent classic scripts; scripts with IDs or differing attributes remain separate.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved safeguards when combining scripts and styles with comments, whitespace, or incompatible content.
    • Updated JavaScript MIME type handling: parameterized types remain data blocks, and additional legacy types are recognized.
    • Improved CSS minification fallback behavior and removal of unused CSS.
  • Documentation
    • Updated option descriptions and the changelog for script and style merging.

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The change adds mergeStyles for compatible adjacent HTML style elements and moves script merging into parser-buffer processing. It updates script-type handling, the comprehensive preset, demo, schema, and documentation. Tests cover merging behavior, CSS handling, and script MIME types. The package version changes to 5.1.0.

Changes: Script and style merging

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Merge eligibility and safe joining
src/lib/attributes.js, src/lib/constants.js, src/lib/merging.js, test/equivalence/compare.js, test/html.test.js
Helpers define script and style merge keys, check compatibility, and join content with script-comment and CSS-boundary handling. Script MIME-type handling and the equivalence comparator use the updated rules.
Parser buffer merging
src/htmlminifier.js, src/lib/options.js, src/htmlparser.js
The parser records eligible elements and merges compatible runs in the output buffer. It defers stylesheet minification where needed and removes the post-parse script scanner and document-state tracking.
Options, validation, and release updates
src/lib/option-definitions.js, src/presets.js, demo/default.js, html-minifier.schema.json, README.md, backtest/html-minifier.config.json, test/*, CHANGELOG.md, package.json
The comprehensive preset and demo enable mergeStyles. Documentation and schema describe the options. Tests cover merging, parser contexts, CSS handling, and equivalence cases. The changelog and package version are updated.

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Change: Feature

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  participant HTMLParser
  participant MergeRecords
  participant MergingHelpers
  participant CSSMinifier
  HTMLParser->>MergeRecords: Record eligible elements and buffer positions
  MergeRecords->>MergingHelpers: Check and join compatible runs
  MergeRecords->>CSSMinifier: Minify deferred stylesheet runs
  MergeRecords->>HTMLParser: Update output buffer
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Possibly related PRs

  • j9t/html-minifier#11: Adds the earlier serialized script-merging behavior that this change replaces with parser-time merging.
  • j9t/html-minifier#13: Addresses script merging around comment and script-start sequences, which this change also handles in its join rules.
  • j9t/html-minifier#15: Changes output-buffer mutation and whitespace-trim bookkeeping used by the merge-record implementation.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to e13d2

The change adds style merging and moves script merging into the parser. The earlier concerns about lost closing template fragments and style merging inside templates now appear fixed. No merge-blocking risk is evident.

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Out of Scope Changes check Warning The PR contains changes without a demonstrated connection to issue #12. These include expanded JavaScript MIME-type handling, standalone mergeScripts behavior changes, CSS fallback changes in `src/l… Limit this PR to mergeStyles and the shared code, tests, and documentation required for that feature. Move the unrelated JavaScript MIME-type, standalone mergeScripts, CSS fallback, removeUnusedCSS, and fixture changes to separate iss…
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the two main changes: introducing mergeStyles and refactoring mergeScripts.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #12 is the only active directly linked issue. The PR adds the mergeStyles option, merge-key and CSS-join logic, parser integration, documentation, preset/configuration updates, and focused tes…
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Issue #12 is the only active directly linked issue. The PR adds the mergeStyles option, merge-key and CSS-join logic, parser integration, documentation, preset/configuration updates, and focused tests for HTML, SVG, MathML, attributes, and CSS safety. Issue #1126 is closed and provides historical context only.

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The PR contains changes without a demonstrated connection to issue #12. These include expanded JavaScript MIME-type handling, standalone mergeScripts behavior changes, CSS fallback changes in src/lib/options.js, a removeUnusedCSS test, and replacement equivalence fixtures. Shared merge infrastructure can support mergeStyles, but these additional behaviors are not required to group style elements.

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- Around line 1429-1430: Update the CSS join condition and joinsStyleRun to keep
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Approval is blocked by two active moderate issues: the merge key omits supported classic executable MIME types, and the equivalence oracle can bless unsafe stylesheet concatenations without production joinability checks.

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What changed in this PR

Introduces mergeStyles for compatible adjacent HTML <style> elements and refactors script merging into parser-level processing, with updates to CSS handling, documentation, tests, presets, and release metadata.

Changes:

  • Adds CSS compatibility checks, deferred minification, and safeguards for merged style sheets.
  • Refactors script merging to preserve compatible attributes and handle raw text, comments, custom fragments, and foreign content safely.
  • Updates equivalence tests, configuration schemas, demo and backtest settings, changelog, and package version to 5.1.0.
File Description
test/​svg+mathml.test.js Adds coverage for style and script merging behavior in SVG and MathML contexts.
test/​html.test.js Adds extensive tests for script and style merging behavior.
test/​equivalence/​runner.js Enables style merging in structural equivalence checks.
test/​equivalence/​known-issues.json Refreshes the generated equivalence-test known-issue baselines.
test/​equivalence/​compare.js Models merged scripts and styles during equivalence canonicalization.
test/​equivalence.test.js Adds equivalence cases for style merging.
test/​css.test.js Tests removal of unused CSS rules and empty style sheets.
src/​presets.js Enables mergeStyles in the comprehensive preset.
src/​lib/​options.js Adjusts CSS fallback behavior and exports merge-related option logic.
src/​lib/​option-definitions.js Defines and documents mergeStyles and updates the mergeScripts option.
src/​lib/​merging.js Implements shared script and style compatibility and joining utilities.
src/​lib/​attributes.js Exports style MIME-type detection logic.
src/​htmlminifier.js Integrates parser-level script and style merge tracking and deferred processing.
README.md Documents the new and revised merging options.
package.json Bumps the package version to 5.1.0.
package-lock.json Synchronizes package-lock version metadata.
html-minifier.schema.json Updates schema definitions for the merge options.
demo/​default.js Adds the merge-styles option to the demo configuration.
CHANGELOG.md Records the 5.1.0 changes and fixes.
backtest/​html-minifier.config.json Enables style merging for backtests.

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Recognize executable script MIME types when deciding whether inline scripts can merge, while keeping parameterized types as data blocks. […]

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Treat JavaScript MIME types with parameters as data blocks so `removeDefaultTypeAttributes`, `minifyJS`, and `mergeScripts` don’t make them executable. Add the remaining browser-recognized legacy JavaScript types and update coverage and the changelog.

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Insert separators on their own lines when merging inline scripts so trailing line comments can’t swallow them. Update equivalence handling and coverage for comment-ending script blocks.

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Keep inline scripts that start with `#!` separate because hashbangs only work at the very start of a script. Update equivalence handling and coverage so script syntax is checked for merged-script comparisons.

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Minor · Keep closing template fragments out of merge keys. · merging.js:30

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Keep closing template fragments out of merge keys.

If a customAttrSurround rule has an empty opener and a nonempty customClose, readAttrs accepts the attribute. Two otherwise matching elements can then merge, which drops the second element’s closing fragment. Reject attr.customClose alongside attr.customOpen before creating the key. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the attribute filtering in readAttrs to reject attributes with a nonempty customClose as well as customOpen before constructing merge keys, so closing template fragments cannot be lost when matching elements merge.
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Exclude template styles from comparator merging.

With mergeStyles: true, the comparator merges adjacent <style> nodes in <template>. The minifier excludes those nodes through inertDepth. For example, the comparator can accept an output that replaces two template styles with one, so the equivalence check misses a DOM change outside the minifier’s merge rules. Apply the template-context guard before accepting a style candidate.

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Update the style-candidate condition in the comparator so `mergeStyles` accepts a style node only when it is outside a template context, matching the minifier’s `inertDepth` behavior. Preserve the existing `isHTML(node)` check and other candidate conditions.

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Keep scripts separate when custom fragments wrap attributes, including closing-only fragments. Align equivalence handling so inert template and noscript styles aren’t treated as mergeable style sheets.

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