Merge pull request #136 from Shopify/extant-outcodes-gb

[WIP] Improve outcode heuristics for partial postal codes

Author: devanandersen

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Re-introduce city from UAE address form and disable city autofill [#131](https://github.com/Shopify/worldwide/pull/131)
 - Add translations for regionalized zip_unknown_for_address, province_unknown_for_address [#125](https://github.com/Shopify/worldwide/pull/125), [#126](https://github.com/Shopify/worldwide/pull/126)
 - Remove city from UAE address form and enable city autofill [#127](https://github.com/Shopify/worldwide/pull/127)
+- Add logic for known-to-exist extant outcodes for GB [#136](https://github.com/Shopify/worldwide/pull/136)
+
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 ## [0.10.3] - 2024-03-14

db/data/regions/GB.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ignore_zones: true
 group: European Countries
 group_name: Europe
 zip_label: Postcode
-zip_regex: "\\A[A-Za-z]{1,2}[\\d]{1,2}(?:[A-Za-z])?\\s?[\\d][A-Za-z]{2}\\z|\\ABFPO\\s\\d{1,3}\\z"
+zip_regex: '\A[A-Za-z]{1,2}[\d]{1,2}(?:[A-Za-z])?\s?[\d][A-Za-z]{2}\z'
 partial_zip_regex: "^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,2}[A-Z]?$"
 zip_example: SE22 8DL
 phone_number_prefix: 44