From d31e4aea24c749b5802d6c310445edf0ffc884b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Balakrishna Avulapati <ba@bavulapati.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:05:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: add assert.match helper

---
 implementors/node/assert.js | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/implementors/node/assert.js b/implementors/node/assert.js
index de9934c..c49a264 100644
--- a/implementors/node/assert.js
+++ b/implementors/node/assert.js
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
-
 import {
   ok,
   strictEqual,
   notStrictEqual,
   deepStrictEqual,
   throws,
+  match,
 } from "node:assert/strict";
 
-const assert = Object.assign(
-  (value, message) => ok(value, message),
-  {
-    ok: (value, message) => ok(value, message),
-    strictEqual: (actual, expected, message) =>
-      strictEqual(actual, expected, message),
-    notStrictEqual: (actual, expected, message) =>
-      notStrictEqual(actual, expected, message),
-    deepStrictEqual: (actual, expected, message) =>
-      deepStrictEqual(actual, expected, message),
-    throws: (fn, error, message) => throws(fn, error, message),
-  },
-);
+const assert = Object.assign((value, message) => ok(value, message), {
+  ok: (value, message) => ok(value, message),
+  strictEqual: (actual, expected, message) =>
+    strictEqual(actual, expected, message),
+  notStrictEqual: (actual, expected, message) =>
+    notStrictEqual(actual, expected, message),
+  deepStrictEqual: (actual, expected, message) =>
+    deepStrictEqual(actual, expected, message),
+  throws: (fn, error, message) => throws(fn, error, message),
+  match: (string, regex, message) => match(string, regex, message),
+});
 
 Object.assign(globalThis, { assert });

From cd0363bb40461ef6377d5cba711bbab40062f584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Balakrishna Avulapati <ba@bavulapati.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:11:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add test coverage

Signed-off-by: Balakrishna Avulapati <ba@bavulapati.com>
---
 tests/harness/assert.js | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/harness/assert.js b/tests/harness/assert.js
index b6fcf20..65bf43c 100644
--- a/tests/harness/assert.js
+++ b/tests/harness/assert.js
@@ -89,3 +89,19 @@ assert.throws(
 threw = false;
 try { assert.throws(() => { /* does not throw */ }); } catch { threw = true; }
 if (!threw) throw new Error('assert.throws must throw when fn does not throw');
+
+// assert.match
+if (typeof assert.match !== 'function') {
+  throw new Error('Expected assert.match to be a function');
+}
+assert.match('hello world', /hello/);
+assert.match('abc123', /^[a-z]+\d+$/);
+threw = false;
+try { assert.match('hello', /world/); } catch { threw = true; }
+if (!threw) throw new Error('assert.match("hello", /world/) must throw');
+threw = false;
+try { assert.match(123, /\d+/); } catch { threw = true; }
+if (!threw) throw new Error('assert.match must throw when input is not a string');
+threw = false;
+try { assert.match('hello', 'hello'); } catch { threw = true; }
+if (!threw) throw new Error('assert.match must throw when pattern is not a RegExp');