From 74af2124f3cf3c75920ab039a302839161cc7874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Averpil <fredrik.averpil@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 21:04:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: look at byte sequence instead of individual byte

---
 lua/neotest-golang/lib/sanitize.lua | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/neotest-golang/lib/sanitize.lua b/lua/neotest-golang/lib/sanitize.lua
index bab328d..a34b6fa 100644
--- a/lua/neotest-golang/lib/sanitize.lua
+++ b/lua/neotest-golang/lib/sanitize.lua
@@ -21,19 +21,32 @@ local function isSequentialList(t)
 end
 
 function M.sanitize_string(str)
+  -- Convert to UTF-8 codepoints and back to handle the string properly
   local sanitized_string = ""
-  for i = 1, #str do
-    local byte = string.byte(str, i)
-    -- Preserve:
-    -- - newlines (10)
-    -- - tabs (9)
-    -- - regular ASCII printable chars (32-127)
-    -- This ensures we keep readable output while filtering binary noise
+  local pos = 1
+  while pos <= #str do
+    local byte = string.byte(str, pos)
+    local char_len = 1
+
+    -- Detect UTF-8 sequence length
+    if byte >= 240 then -- 4 bytes
+      char_len = 4
+    elseif byte >= 224 then -- 3 bytes
+      char_len = 3
+    elseif byte >= 192 then -- 2 bytes
+      char_len = 2
+    end
+
+    local char = string.sub(str, pos, pos + char_len - 1)
+
+    -- Check if it's a valid UTF-8 sequence or allowed ASCII
     if byte == 9 or byte == 10 or (byte >= 32 and byte <= 126) then
-      sanitized_string = sanitized_string .. string.char(byte)
+      sanitized_string = sanitized_string .. char
     else
-      sanitized_string = sanitized_string .. "�"
+      sanitized_string = sanitized_string .. "?" -- Using ASCII replacement
     end
+
+    pos = pos + char_len
   end
   return sanitized_string
 end