@pkerschbaum/code-oss-file-service/src/vs/base/common/normalization.ts

VS Code ([microsoft/vscode](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode)) includes a rich "`FileService`" and "`DiskFileSystemProvider`" abstraction built on top of Node.js core modules (`fs`, `path`) and Electron's `shell` module. This package allows to use that

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import { LRUCache } from 'vs/base/common/map';

const nfcCache = new LRUCache<string, string>(10000); // bounded to 10000 elements
export function normalizeNFC(str: string): string {
	return normalize(str, 'NFC', nfcCache);
}

const nfdCache = new LRUCache<string, string>(10000); // bounded to 10000 elements
export function normalizeNFD(str: string): string {
	return normalize(str, 'NFD', nfdCache);
}

const nonAsciiCharactersPattern = /[^\u0000-\u0080]/;
function normalize(str: string, form: string, normalizedCache: LRUCache<string, string>): string {
	if (!str) {
		return str;
	}

	const cached = normalizedCache.get(str);
	if (cached) {
		return cached;
	}

	let res: string;
	if (nonAsciiCharactersPattern.test(str)) {
		res = str.normalize(form);
	} else {
		res = str;
	}

	// Use the cache for fast lookup
	normalizedCache.set(str, res);

	return res;
}

export const removeAccents: (str: string) => string = (function () {
	// transform into NFD form and remove accents
	// see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/990904/remove-accents-diacritics-in-a-string-in-javascript/37511463#37511463
	const regex = /[\u0300-\u036f]/g;
	return function (str: string) {
		return normalizeNFD(str).replace(regex, '');
	};
})();