added inflector.Singularize helper

tools/inflector/singularize.go

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+package inflector
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/store"
+)
+
+var compiledPatterns = store.New[string, *regexp.Regexp](nil)
+
+// note: the patterns are extracted from popular Ruby/PHP/Node.js inflector packages
+var singularRules = []struct {
+	pattern     string // lazily compiled
+	replacement string
+}{
+	{"(?i)([nrlm]ese|deer|fish|sheep|measles|ois|pox|media|ss)$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)^(sea[- ]bass)$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(s)tatuses$", "${1}tatus"},
+	{"(?i)(f)eet$", "${1}oot"},
+	{"(?i)(t)eeth$", "${1}ooth"},
+	{"(?i)^(.*)(menu)s$", "${1}${2}"},
+	{"(?i)(quiz)zes$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(matr)ices$", "${1}ix"},
+	{"(?i)(vert|ind)ices$", "${1}ex"},
+	{"(?i)^(ox)en", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(alias)es$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(alumn|bacill|cact|foc|fung|nucle|radi|stimul|syllab|termin|viri?)i$", "${1}us"},
+	{"(?i)([ftw]ax)es", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(cris|ax|test)es$", "${1}is"},
+	{"(?i)(shoe)s$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(o)es$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)ouses$", "ouse"},
+	{"(?i)([^a])uses$", "${1}us"},
+	{"(?i)([m|l])ice$", "${1}ouse"},
+	{"(?i)(x|ch|ss|sh)es$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(m)ovies$", "${1}ovie"},
+	{"(?i)(s)eries$", "${1}eries"},
+	{"(?i)([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$", "${1}y"},
+	{"(?i)([lr])ves$", "${1}f"},
+	{"(?i)(tive)s$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(hive)s$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)(drive)s$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)([^fo])ves$", "${1}fe"},
+	{"(?i)(^analy)ses$", "${1}sis"},
+	{"(?i)(analy|diagno|^ba|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$", "${1}${2}sis"},
+	{"(?i)([ti])a$", "${1}um"},
+	{"(?i)(p)eople$", "${1}erson"},
+	{"(?i)(m)en$", "${1}an"},
+	{"(?i)(c)hildren$", "${1}hild"},
+	{"(?i)(n)ews$", "${1}ews"},
+	{"(?i)(n)etherlands$", "${1}etherlands"},
+	{"(?i)eaus$", "eau"},
+	{"(?i)(currenc)ies$", "${1}y"},
+	{"(?i)^(.*us)$", "${1}"},
+	{"(?i)s$", ""},
+}
+
+// Singularize returns the singular version of the specified word.
+//
+// For example:
+//
+//	inflector.Singularize("people") // "person"
+func Singularize(word string) string {
+	if word == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	for _, rule := range singularRules {
+		re := compiledPatterns.GetOrSet(rule.pattern, func() *regexp.Regexp {
+			re, err := regexp.Compile(rule.pattern)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return re
+		})
+		if re == nil {
+			// log only for debug purposes
+			log.Println("[Singularize] failed to retrieve/compile rule pattern " + rule.pattern)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if re.MatchString(word) {
+			return re.ReplaceAllString(word, rule.replacement)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return word
+}

tools/inflector/singularize_test.go

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+package inflector_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/inflector"
+)
+
+func TestSingularize(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		word     string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"abcnese", "abcnese"},
+		{"deer", "deer"},
+		{"sheep", "sheep"},
+		{"measles", "measles"},
+		{"pox", "pox"},
+		{"media", "media"},
+		{"bliss", "bliss"},
+		{"sea-bass", "sea-bass"},
+		{"Statuses", "Status"},
+		{"Feet", "Foot"},
+		{"Teeth", "Tooth"},
+		{"abcmenus", "abcmenu"},
+		{"Quizzes", "Quiz"},
+		{"Matrices", "Matrix"},
+		{"Vertices", "Vertex"},
+		{"Indices", "Index"},
+		{"Aliases", "Alias"},
+		{"Alumni", "Alumnus"},
+		{"Bacilli", "Bacillus"},
+		{"Cacti", "Cactus"},
+		{"Fungi", "Fungus"},
+		{"Nuclei", "Nucleus"},
+		{"Radii", "Radius"},
+		{"Stimuli", "Stimulus"},
+		{"Syllabi", "Syllabus"},
+		{"Termini", "Terminus"},
+		{"Viri", "Virus"},
+		{"Faxes", "Fax"},
+		{"Crises", "Crisis"},
+		{"Axes", "Axis"},
+		{"Shoes", "Shoe"},
+		{"abcoes", "abco"},
+		{"Houses", "House"},
+		{"Mice", "Mouse"},
+		{"abcxes", "abcx"},
+		{"Movies", "Movie"},
+		{"Series", "Series"},
+		{"abcquies", "abcquy"},
+		{"Relatives", "Relative"},
+		{"Drives", "Drive"},
+		{"aardwolves", "aardwolf"},
+		{"Analyses", "Analysis"},
+		{"Diagnoses", "Diagnosis"},
+		{"People", "Person"},
+		{"Men", "Man"},
+		{"Children", "Child"},
+		{"News", "News"},
+		{"Netherlands", "Netherlands"},
+		{"Tableaus", "Tableau"},
+		{"Currencies", "Currency"},
+		{"abcs", "abc"},
+		{"abc", "abc"},
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(s.word, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := inflector.Singularize(s.word)
+			if result != s.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected %q, got %q", s.expected, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}