fix: support Handlebars partial name containing dot, #179

Author: webdiscus

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.20.8 (2025-07-01)
+
+- fix: support Handlebars partial name containing dot, #179
+  e.g: `schema.org/rating`
+
 ## 4.20.7 (2025-06-30)
 
 - fix: support Handlebars helpers defined as object methods to prevent build failure, #177

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "html-bundler-webpack-plugin",
-  "version": "4.20.7",
+  "version": "4.20.8",
   "description": "Generates complete single-page or multi-page website from source assets. Built-in support for Markdown, Eta, EJS, Handlebars, Nunjucks, Pug. Alternative to html-webpack-plugin.",
   "keywords": [
     "html",

src/Loader/Preprocessors/Handlebars/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const LoaderFactory = require('../../LoaderFactory');
-const { stringifyJSON, stringifyFn } = require('../../Utils');
+const { normalizeVarName, stringifyJSON, stringifyFn } = require('../../Utils');
 const { loadModule, readDirRecursiveSync } = require('../../../Common/FileUtils');
 const { isWin, pathToPosix } = require('../../../Common/Helpers');
 
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ const preprocessor = (loaderContext, options) => {
           throw new Error(message + '\n' + error.toString());
         }
 
-        // normalize the name to variable-safe name
-        const varName = 'partial_' + name.replace(/[\/-]/g, '_');
+        // normalize the partial name to a safe JavaScript variable name
+        const varName = 'partial_' + name.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/g, '_');
 
         precompiledPartials += `
         var ${varName} = ${compiled};

test/cases/_preprocessor/js-tmpl-hbs-partials-in-hbs-js/expected/app.js

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-{{!-- the partial (name containing '/') used in both a Handlebars template and a JS template --}}
+{{!-- the partial name containing '/', used in both a Handlebars template and a JS template --}}
 {{> 'header/subheader' subheaderTitle="this partial used in JS-template !!"}}
+{{!-- the partial name contains dot --}}
+The rating: {{> schema.org/rating rating="5"}} points.
 {{!-- the partial will be compiled with variables defined in JS --}}
 {{> person}}
 {{!-- the partial will be compiled with the local variables --}}
 {{> person name="Jerry" age="30"}}
 {{!-- the partial contains resolved image --}}
 {{> star}}
+
 {{!-- TODO: implement loading helpers in runtime: {{include 'src/markdown.md'}} --}}

test/cases/_preprocessor/js-tmpl-hbs-partials-in-hbs-js/src/partials/content.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<span class="rating">{{rating}}/10</span>