Fix a false positive for Style/RegexpLiteral

changelog/fix_a_false_positive_for_style_regexp_literal.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#9880](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/9880): Fix a false positive for `Style/RegexpLiteral` when using a regexp starts with a blank as a method argument. ([@koic][])

lib/rubocop/cop/style/regexp_literal.rb

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def allowed_mixed_slash?(node)
         def allowed_percent_r_literal?(node)
           style == :slashes && contains_disallowed_slash?(node) ||
             style == :percent_r ||
-            allowed_mixed_percent_r?(node) || omit_parentheses_style?(node)
+            allowed_mixed_percent_r?(node) || allowed_omit_parentheses_with_percent_r_literal?(node)
         end
 
         def allowed_mixed_percent_r?(node)
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ def preferred_delimiters
           config.for_cop('Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters') ['PreferredDelimiters']['%r'].chars
         end
 
-        def omit_parentheses_style?(node)
+        def allowed_omit_parentheses_with_percent_r_literal?(node)
           return false unless node.parent&.call_type?
+          return true if node.content.start_with?(' ')
 
           enforced_style = config.for_cop('Style/MethodCallWithArgsParentheses')['EnforcedStyle']
 

spec/rubocop/cop/style/regexp_literal_spec.rb

@@ -518,6 +518,25 @@
           ^^^^^^^^^^ Use `//` around regular expression.
         RUBY
       end
+
+      it 'does not register an offense when using a regexp starts with a blank as a method argument' do
+        expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+          do_something %r/ regexp/
+        RUBY
+      end
+
+      it 'does not register an offense when using a regexp starts with a blank as a safe navigation method argument' do
+        expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+          foo&.do_something %r/ regexp/
+        RUBY
+      end
+
+      it 'registers an offense when using a regexp starts with a blank' do
+        expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+          %r/ regexp/
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^ Use `//` around regular expression.
+        RUBY
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when using `%r` regexp with `EnforcedStyle: mixed`' do
@@ -543,6 +562,25 @@
           ^^^^^^^^^^ Use `//` around regular expression.
         RUBY
       end
+
+      it 'does not register an offense when using a regexp starts with a blank as a method argument' do
+        expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+          do_something %r/ regexp/
+        RUBY
+      end
+
+      it 'does not register an offense when using a regexp starts with a blank as a safe navigation method argument' do
+        expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+          foo&.do_something %r/ regexp/
+        RUBY
+      end
+
+      it 'registers an offense when using a regexp starts with a blank' do
+        expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+          %r/ regexp/
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^ Use `//` around regular expression.
+        RUBY
+      end
     end
   end