From 358a8d1bcf7ac6c0ca247092ad1223e7098beb3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jerome Lacoste <jerome.lacoste@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 07:37:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: write */ in a comment as (*)/, as Xcode does

A group named `Group */ Name` was written as `/* Group */ Name */`, which ends the comment early: neither XcodeProj, plutil nor Xcode could open the project afterwards.
---
 .../XcodeProj/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoder.swift    |  2 ++
 .../Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoderTests.swift         | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Sources/XcodeProj/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoder.swift b/Sources/XcodeProj/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoder.swift
index 311bad70a..d68cc4158 100644
--- a/Sources/XcodeProj/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoder.swift
+++ b/Sources/XcodeProj/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoder.swift
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ final class PBXProjEncoder {
     }
 
     private func write(comment: String, to output: inout [String]) {
+        // Xcode writes */ inside a comment as (*)/, so the comment does not end early.
+        let comment = comment.contains("*/") ? comment.replacingOccurrences(of: "*/", with: "(*)/") : comment
         output.append("/* \(comment) */")
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/XcodeProjTests/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoderTests.swift b/Tests/XcodeProjTests/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoderTests.swift
index aa7424c5e..5fba3a4f5 100644
--- a/Tests/XcodeProjTests/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoderTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XcodeProjTests/Objects/Project/PBXProjEncoderTests.swift
@@ -203,6 +203,17 @@
             lines.validate(line: "23766C2C1EAA3484007A9026 /* Info.plist */,", betweenLine: iosTestsChildrenStart, andLine: iosTestsChildrenEnd)
         }
 
+        func test_navigator_group_name_containing_comment_end_when_iOSProject() throws {
+            try loadiOSProject()
+            let group = try XCTUnwrap(proj.groups.first { $0.name == "GroupWithoutFolder" })
+            group.name = "Group */ Name"
+
+            let encoded = encodeProject()
+            lines(fromFile: encoded).validate(line: "3CD1EAD92057638200DAEECB /* Group (*)/ Name */ = {")
+            let reread = try PBXProj(data: XCTUnwrap(encoded.data(using: .utf8)))
+            XCTAssertNotNil(reread.groups.first { $0.name == "Group */ Name" })
+        }
+
         func test_navigator_groups_in_filename_order_when_iOSProject() throws {
             try loadiOSProject()