Join forces with eslint-plugin-unicorn

[EvgenyOrekhov]

eslint-plugin-unicorn has the regex-shorthand rule, which, according to sindresorhus/eslint-plugin-unicorn#473, has some advantages over eslint-plugin-optimize-regex.

eslint-plugin-unicorn also has another rule that works with regexes: no-unsafe-regex.

As an ESLint user I'd rather have one plugin with multiple rules than many plugins that each have one rule.

So maybe you could join forces with eslint-plugin-unicorn and improve its regex-shorthand rule if you can, and then deprecate eslint-plugin-optimize-regex?

[brettz9]

@EvgenyOrekhov While I find unicorn to be a great library, with the mix-and-match capability of eslint configs, I personally think there is place for a separate plugin with some who may prefer the ability to only pick a rule they need.

Although I don't think the current plugin offers anything essentially different than Unicorn's better-regex rule in unicorn at present (and Unicorn also parses new RegExp() strings), my PR #60 here would allow one advantage over Unicorn of being able to whitelist or blacklist the underlying regexp-tree options. (Feel free to file an issue with Unicorn and ping me there so I can hopefully find time to file a PR if there is interest in adding this feature.)

[BrainMaestro]

I think it's fine to have this separate, and since it still has users, I will close this