escape last slash

rich/markup.py

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ def escape_backslashes(match: Match[str]) -> str:
         return f"{backslashes}{backslashes}\\{text}"
 
     markup = _escape(escape_backslashes, markup)
+    if markup.endswith("\\"):
+        return markup + "\\"
     return markup
 
 
@@ -226,7 +228,6 @@ def pop_style(style_name: str) -> Tuple[int, Tag]:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-
     MARKUP = [
         "[red]Hello World[/red]",
         "[magenta]Hello [b]World[/b]",

tests/test_markup.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.errors import MarkupError
 from rich.markup import RE_TAGS, Tag, _parse, escape, render
-from rich.text import Span
+from rich.text import Span, Text
 
 
 def test_re_no_match():
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ def test_escape():
     assert escape("[nil, [nil]]") == r"[nil, \[nil]]"
 
 
+def test_escape_backslash_end():
+    # https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2987
+    value = "C:\\"
+    assert escape(value) == "C:\\\\"
+
+    escaped_tags = f"[red]{escape(value)}[/red]"
+    assert escaped_tags == "[red]C:\\\\[/red]"
+    escaped_text = Text.from_markup(escaped_tags)
+    assert escaped_text.plain == "C:\\"
+    assert escaped_text.spans == [Span(0, 3, "red")]
+
+
 def test_render_escape():
     console = Console(width=80, color_system=None)
     console.begin_capture()