publishToConfluence task erroneously replaces HTML special characters in code blocks

[houserockr]

Problem description

Whenever we use the publishToConfluence task to upload our document to our self-hosted confluence instance, special HTML characters within (C++) code blocks are replaced where they shouldn't be replaced.

Example code block in markdown:

.Example
[source, cpp]
----
vector<string> read_until(const string& terminator)
{
    vector<string> res;
    for (string s; cin >> s && s != terminator; ) // read a word
        res.push_back(s);
    return res;
}
----

And here's a screenshot of the rendered result in confluence:

Is this a bug or is there any other way to tell the publishToConfluence task not to convert HTML special chars within code blocks?

Note: The HTML generated by the generateHTML task does not have this problem.

Environment

• Confluence 8.5.6 self-hosted
• Doctoolchain 3.2.2 local
• OS: MacOS 14.3.1

[PacoVK]

@houserockr tganks for reporting. just to put it into context, did you use a docToolchain version like 2.x and it worked or did you just start working with docToolchain. That would help to find a starting point for the bug you discovered ☺️✌️

[houserockr]

@PacoVK thank you for getting back to me!
We've been using doctoolchain for 4 years, but only the generatePDF and generateHTML tasks.
Recently, we introduced confluence so we thought we'd give the publishToConfluence task a try.
So we don't have any positive or negative history with that unfortunately.

[PacoVK]

no worries :) i also did not recognize that you tried v3.2.2. The issue you see is related to #1349 which was fixed in v3.3 (i could also verify that)

I will try to create another release soon, because unfortunately there was also some issues in v3.3. Stay tuned, i will let you know asap as the new release is there :)

[PacoVK]

Here it is @houserockr please give 3.3.1 a try and let me know if that solves your issue 🏥

[houserockr]

@PacoVK wow that was quick. Thank you very much. I will try it with 3.3.1 monday ... 🙏

[houserockr]

Works with 3.3.1