From f97145e49b741676d718e2db9aed9e4e0c98e27e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Albin <albin@mullvad.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:25:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add script to check apostrophe style

The script checks for straight apostrophes in our
user-facing strings since curly ones shall be used
per an internal decision. It generates an error on
matches in our English strings, since those are
our source of truth.
---
 scripts/check-apostrophe-style | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/check-apostrophe-style

diff --git a/scripts/check-apostrophe-style b/scripts/check-apostrophe-style
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..22db2f6df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-apostrophe-style
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+CURLY_APOSTROPHE_STYLE="’"
+UNSUPPORTED_APOSTROPHE_STYLES="'\`´'′ʼ"
+ERROR_MESSAGE="Error: Use curly apostrophes ($CURLY_APOSTROPHE_STYLE) \
+instead of unsupported ones ($UNSUPPORTED_APOSTROPHE_STYLES)."
+
+# Check Desktop/Android strings (English only).
+if grep "^msgid" desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/locales/messages.pot | \
+    grep "[$UNSUPPORTED_APOSTROPHE_STYLES]"; then
+  echo "$ERROR_MESSAGE"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check Android strings (English only).
+if awk '/<string/,/<\/string>/' \
+    android/lib/ui/resource/src/main/res/values/strings.xml | \
+    grep "[$UNSUPPORTED_APOSTROPHE_STYLES]"; then
+  echo "$ERROR_MESSAGE"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check iOS strings (English only).
+if jq -r '.strings | keys[]' ios/Assets/Localizable.xcstrings | \
+    grep "[$UNSUPPORTED_APOSTROPHE_STYLES]"; then
+  echo "$ERROR_MESSAGE"
+  exit 1
+fi