Replace specific character within RegEx pattern

Question

How do I replace specific characters that are within a RegEx pattern?

Let's say I have a string git@github.com:foo-bar/baz .

What I want to do is replace that colon with a / character.

var gitUrl = 'git@github.com:foo-bar/baz';
gitUrl.replace(/(github.com|bitbucket.org):/, '/'); // I want to keep github.com/bitbucket.org!

Answer 1

Just use a simple String.replace with String , as Regex is not required.

gitUrl = gitUrl.replace(":", "/");

If you really want it, you would do use the captured group by $1

gitUrl = gitUrl.replace(/(github.com|bitbucket.org):/, "$1/");