From c49321ccf1ca8cb1dcc8e479d600534e5d78a072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samu <me@samu.lol>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:54:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: match ae/oe ligatures in normalization

---
 server/src/matcher.ts       | 2 ++
 server/test/matcher.test.ts | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/src/matcher.ts b/server/src/matcher.ts
index a0beb14..ef902e2 100644
--- a/server/src/matcher.ts
+++ b/server/src/matcher.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export interface Matchable {
 export function normalize(input: string): string {
   return input
     .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/æ/g, 'ae')
+    .replace(/œ/g, 'oe')
     .normalize('NFKD')
     .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
     .replace(/[^\p{L}\p{N}\s]/gu, ' ')
diff --git a/server/test/matcher.test.ts b/server/test/matcher.test.ts
index ef51db7..b6023d4 100644
--- a/server/test/matcher.test.ts
+++ b/server/test/matcher.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe('normalize', () => {
     expect(normalize('  Blur: The Best   of… ')).toBe('blur best of')
     expect(normalize('Björk — Début')).toBe('bjork debut')
     expect(normalize('A Tribe Called Quest')).toBe('tribe called quest')
+    expect(normalize('Ænima')).toBe('aenima')
   })
 })