From 8f293832dc4457532cd307562d3816cea430e9ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Mann <8006302+fuenfundachtzig@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:35:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] \\n should be changed to \n only when escapeSpecialCharacters
 is set

---
 package.json  |  2 +-
 src/dedent.ts | 15 ++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc8537b..826c96e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "dedent",
-	"version": "1.5.1",
+	"version": "1.5.2",
 	"description": "A string tag that strips indentation from multi-line strings. ⬅️",
 	"keywords": [
 		"dedent",
diff --git a/src/dedent.ts b/src/dedent.ts
index 88c5caf..eb3a62b 100644
--- a/src/dedent.ts
+++ b/src/dedent.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,13 @@ function createDedent(options: DedentOptions) {
 				.join("\n");
 		}
 
-		return (
-			result
-				// dedent eats leading and trailing whitespace too
-				.trim()
-				// handle escaped newlines at the end to ensure they don't get stripped too
-				.replace(/\\n/g, "\n")
-		);
+		// dedent eats leading and trailing whitespace too
+		result = result.trim();
+		if (escapeSpecialCharacters) {
+			// handle escaped newlines at the end to ensure they don't get stripped too
+			result = result.replace(/\\n/g, "\n");
+		}
+
+		return result;
 	}
 }