TERMINAL: Fix original alias syntax (#545)

src/utils/StringHelperFunctions.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Settings } from "../Settings/Settings";
-import { isString } from "./helpers/isString";
+import { isString } from "./helpers/string";
 
 /*
 Converts a date representing time in milliseconds to a string with the format H hours M minutes and S seconds

src/utils/helpers/isString.ts

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Checks whether the value passed in can be considered a string.
- * @param value The value to check if it is a string.
- */
-export function isString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" || value instanceof String;
-}

src/utils/helpers/string.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// We can probably get rid of isString in favor of just checking typeof value==="string".
+// We are not and should not ever be using `new String()` for anything. Will remove in 2.3.1
+/**
+ * Checks whether the value passed in can be considered a string.
+ * @param value The value to check if it is a string.
+ */
+export function isString(value: unknown): value is string {
+  return typeof value === "string" || value instanceof String;
+}
+
+/** Removes a single layer of matching single or double quotes, if present. */
+export function trimQuotes(value: string): string {
+  if (value.length < 2) return value;
+  if (value.at(0) !== value.at(-1)) return value;
+  if (value.at(0) !== "'" && value.at(0) !== '"') return value;
+  return value.substring(1, value.length - 1);
+}