feat: add syntax highlighting labels and strip comments from code snippets

- Add language labels to code blocks for syntax highlighting (e.g., ```go, ```sh)
- Map languages to source-highlight compatible identifiers
- Strip comments from code snippets to show more actual code
- Comments no longer count towards the ~10 line target
- Support for multi-line and single-line comment removal
- Remove inline comments where appropriate

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

2 files changed, 134 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/internal/showcase/code_extractor.go b/internal/showcase/code_extractor.go
index e8ba0d3..b51761c 100644
--- a/internal/showcase/code_extractor.go
+++ b/internal/showcase/code_extractor.go
@@ -165,13 +165,14 @@ func extractSnippetFromFile(filePath string, minLines, maxLines int) (string, er
 	// Try to find the smallest complete function
 	bestFunction := findSmallestCompleteFunction(lines)
 	if bestFunction != "" {
-		return bestFunction, nil
+		return stripComments(bestFunction), nil
 	}
 
 	// If no complete function found, try to find a complete function/method
 	functionStart, functionEnd := findCompleteFunctionOrMethod(lines, minLines, maxLines*2) // Allow larger functions
 	if functionStart >= 0 && functionEnd >= 0 {
-		return strings.Join(lines[functionStart:functionEnd+1], "\n"), nil
+		snippet := strings.Join(lines[functionStart:functionEnd+1], "\n")
+		return stripComments(snippet), nil
 	}
 
 	// Fallback to finding an interesting start with at least minLines
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ func extractSnippetFromFile(filePath string, minLines, maxLines int) (string, er
 		if endLine > totalLines {
 			endLine = totalLines
 		}
-		return strings.Join(lines[interestingStart:endLine], "\n"), nil
+		snippet := strings.Join(lines[interestingStart:endLine], "\n")
+		return stripComments(snippet), nil
 	}
 
 	// Last resort: return first minLines (skip imports if possible)
@@ -201,7 +203,8 @@ func extractSnippetFromFile(filePath string, minLines, maxLines int) (string, er
 		endLine = totalLines
 	}
 
-	return strings.Join(lines[skipLines:endLine], "\n"), nil
+	snippet := strings.Join(lines[skipLines:endLine], "\n")
+	return stripComments(snippet), nil
 }
 
 // findSmallestCompleteFunction finds the smallest complete function in the file
@@ -392,4 +395,73 @@ func findInterestingStart(lines []string, snippetSize int) int {
 
 	// No interesting start found
 	return -1
+}
+
+// stripComments removes comment lines from code snippets to make them more concise
+func stripComments(code string) string {
+	lines := strings.Split(code, "\n")
+	var result []string
+	inMultilineComment := false
+	
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		
+		// Handle multi-line comments for C-style languages
+		if strings.Contains(line, "/*") {
+			inMultilineComment = true
+			// If comment ends on same line, process the rest
+			if strings.Contains(line, "*/") {
+				inMultilineComment = false
+				// Skip this line entirely if it's just a comment
+				if strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(line, "/*")[0]) == "" {
+					continue
+				}
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if inMultilineComment {
+			if strings.Contains(line, "*/") {
+				inMultilineComment = false
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		
+		// Skip single-line comments
+		if trimmed == "" {
+			// Keep empty lines for readability
+			result = append(result, line)
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "//") || 
+			strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#include") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#define") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "<!--") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "*") && len(trimmed) > 1 && trimmed[1] == ' ' {
+			// Skip comment lines
+			continue
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "\"\"\"") || strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "'''") {
+			// Skip Python docstrings (simplified - doesn't handle all cases)
+			continue
+		} else {
+			// Keep the line but remove inline comments for some languages
+			// This is a simple approach - doesn't handle all edge cases
+			if idx := strings.Index(line, " //"); idx > 0 {
+				// Check if it's not inside a string (very basic check)
+				beforeComment := line[:idx]
+				if strings.Count(beforeComment, "\"")%2 == 0 && strings.Count(beforeComment, "'")%2 == 0 {
+					line = strings.TrimRight(line[:idx], " \t")
+				}
+			}
+			result = append(result, line)
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// Remove leading and trailing empty lines
+	for len(result) > 0 && strings.TrimSpace(result[0]) == "" {
+		result = result[1:]
+	}
+	for len(result) > 0 && strings.TrimSpace(result[len(result)-1]) == "" {
+		result = result[:len(result)-1]
+	}
+	
+	return strings.Join(result, "\n")
 }
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diff --git a/internal/showcase/showcase.go b/internal/showcase/showcase.go
index bb71b0e..884f81a 100644
--- a/internal/showcase/showcase.go
+++ b/internal/showcase/showcase.go
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ func (g *Generator) formatGemtext(summaries []ProjectSummary) string {
 		
 		// Add code snippet at the end for all projects
 		if summary.CodeSnippet != "" {
-			builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%s:\n\n```\n%s\n```\n", summary.CodeLanguage, summary.CodeSnippet))
+			// Extract the language name for syntax highlighting
+			languageName := extractLanguageForHighlighting(summary.CodeLanguage)
+			builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%s:\n\n```%s\n%s\n```\n", summary.CodeLanguage, languageName, summary.CodeSnippet))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -714,4 +716,59 @@ func detectAIUsage(repoPath string) bool {
 	}
 	
 	return false
+}
+
+// extractLanguageForHighlighting extracts the language name from the CodeLanguage string
+// for syntax highlighting in code blocks
+func extractLanguageForHighlighting(codeLanguage string) string {
+	// codeLanguage format: "Language from `path/to/file`"
+	// Extract just the language name
+	parts := strings.Split(codeLanguage, " ")
+	if len(parts) > 0 {
+		lang := strings.ToLower(parts[0])
+		
+		// Map language names to syntax highlighting identifiers
+		// Based on source-highlight --lang-list output
+		languageMap := map[string]string{
+			"go":           "go",
+			"python":       "python",
+			"javascript":   "javascript",
+			"typescript":   "javascript", // Use javascript for TypeScript
+			"java":         "java",
+			"c":            "c",
+			"c++":          "cpp",
+			"c/c++":        "cpp",
+			"c#":           "csharp",
+			"ruby":         "ruby",
+			"rust":         "rust",
+			"shell":        "sh",  // source-highlight uses sh.lang
+			"bash":         "bash",
+			"perl":         "perl",
+			"php":          "php",
+			"swift":        "swift",
+			"kotlin":       "java", // Use java highlighting for Kotlin
+			"haskell":      "haskell",
+			"lua":          "lua",
+			"html":         "html",
+			"css":          "css",
+			"sql":          "sql",
+			"make":         "makefile",
+			"docker":       "dockerfile",
+			"yaml":         "yaml",
+			"json":         "json",
+			"xml":          "xml",
+			"toml":         "toml",
+			"hcl":          "hcl",
+			"vim":          "vim",
+		}
+		
+		if mapped, ok := languageMap[lang]; ok {
+			return mapped
+		}
+		
+		// Return the original language name if no mapping exists
+		return lang
+	}
+	
+	return ""
 }
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