CODE RUB: Update Build Script

Author: cjdutoit

.github/workflows/prLinter.yml

@@ -111,19 +111,17 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check For Associated Issues Or Tasks
       id: check_for_issues_or_tasks
       if: ${{ steps.get_pr_info.outputs.prOwner != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+      env:
+        PR_BODY: ${{ steps.get_pr_info.outputs.description }}
       run: >2-
-            PR_BODY="${{ steps.get_pr_info.outputs.description }}"
-            echo "::notice::Raw PR Body: $PR_BODY"
-
-            if [[ -z "$PR_BODY" ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "${PR_BODY:-}" ]]; then
               echo "Error: PR description does not contain any links to issue(s)/task(s) (e.g., 'closes #123' / 'closes AB#123' / 'fixes #123' / 'fixes AB#123')."
               exit 1
             fi
 
-            PR_BODY=$(echo "$PR_BODY" | tr -s '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs)
-            echo "::notice::Normalized PR Body: $PR_BODY"
+            NORMALIZED_PR_BODY=$(printf '%s' "$PR_BODY" | tr '\r\n' '  ' | tr -s ' ')
 
-            if echo "$PR_BODY" | grep -Piq "((close|closes|closed|fix|fixes|fixed|resolve|resolves|resolved)\s*(\[#\d+\]|\#\d+)|(?:close|closes|closed|fix|fixes|fixed|resolve|resolves|resolved)\s*(\[AB#\d+\]|AB#\d+))"; then
+            if printf '%s' "$NORMALIZED_PR_BODY" | grep -Piq "(close|closes|closed|fix|fixes|fixed|resolve|resolves|resolved)\s*(\[#[0-9]+\]|#[0-9]+|\[AB#[0-9]+\]|AB#[0-9]+)"; then
               echo "Valid PR description."
             else
               echo "Error: PR description does not contain any links to issue(s)/task(s) (e.g., 'closes #123' / 'closes AB#123' / 'fixes #123' / 'fixes AB#123')."