Update pmd.yml

Author: Malmahrouqi3

.github/workflows/pmd.yml

@@ -55,27 +55,21 @@ jobs:
                   #    - Lines starting with 'c', 'C', '*', 'd', 'D' in column 1 (fixed form comments)
                   # 2. Remove end-of-line comments (anything after '!' that isn't in a string)
                   # 3. Preserve strings containing '!' characters
-                  sed -E '
-                    # First pass: Remove comments
-                    # Remove lines that are entirely comments
-                    /^\s*!/s/.*//
-                    /^[cC*dD]/s/.*//
-                    /^[ \t]*[cC*dD]/s/.*//
-                    # Remove end-of-line comments, preserving strings
-                    s/([^"'\'']*("[^"]*"[^"'\'']*|'\''[^'\'']*'\''[^"'\'']*)*[^"'\'']*)[!].*$/\1/
-
-                    # Second pass: Handle line continuations
-                    :a
-                    # If a line ends with '&' (possibly with trailing whitespace), read the next line
-                    /&\s*$/ {
-                          N
-                          # Replace '&' at the end of the first line, newline, and potential leading '&' on the second line with a single space
-                          s/&\s*\n\s*&/\ /
-                          ba # Loop back to 'a' to handle multiple continuations
-                    }
-                    # If a line ends with '&' but is the last line or next line doesn't start with '&', remove the trailing '&'
-                    s/&\s*$//
-                  ' "$file" > "$TMP_FILE"
+                  sed -E '
+                    :a
+                    /&$/ {
+                          N
+                          s/&[[:space:]]*\n[[:space:]]*&/ /
+                          ba
+                    }
+                    s/&//g
+                  ' "$file" | \
+                  sed -E \
+                      -e '/^\s*!/s/.*//' \
+                      -e '/^[cC*dD]/s/.*//' \
+                      -e '/^[ \t]*[cC*dD]/s/.*//' \
+                      -e 's/([^"'\'']*("[^"]*"[^"'\'']*|'\''[^'\'']*'\''[^"'\'']*)*[^"'\'']*)[!].*$/\1/' \
+                      > "$TMP_FILE"
 
                   # Check if file was actually modified before replacing
                   if cmp -s "$file" "$TMP_FILE"; then