gritql

Yeah it doesn't look like this is AST-aware at all. If you want to do queries that understand the grammar, https://github.com/getgrit/gritql is closer to what you're looking for. (Disclaimer: I'm the author.) Ex. here's how you would search for your example of looking for a string unless it's inside a string constant. [0] grit apply '"this_string" => `new_string` where $match <: not within string()' [0] https://app.grit.io/studio?key=v8iA8zIbHs2uCykNpSF_G

I've issued a few bounties on my repo [0], and it's worked fairly well from my perspective. I'm both the bounty assigner and the maintainer in this case. Keep in mind that open source is always a bit messy, and a lot of people on all projects (even without bounties) never actually follow through with contributions that they plan to do for a whole host of reasons. The way I've approached it is once someone either has a track record of contributing or makes substantial (visible) process on a PR I assign the bounty to them. [0] https://github.com/getgrit/gritql/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Ais...