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Search: exclude results with a leading minus (-is:image, -app:slack, -word)

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
Half a day
Newbie friendliness
75/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
frontend, search

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Start in src/shared/search.ts with ParsedQuery, parseQuery and matchesQuery to see how filters and terms are split today. Check shelf-app.tsx, which highlights parseQuery(search).terms, so excluded words go into separate fields such as excludeTerms. Done when the three leading-minus forms work alone and mixed with normal filters, hyphenated words still match as before, tests/search.test.ts covers the new cases and pnpm test passes, and the README search bullet mentions the minus.

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Description

enhancement good first issue

Search can narrow results down but can't leave things out. Today -is:image is searched as the literal text "-is:image". Most search boxes let you exclude with a leading -, and the shelf should too:

  • -is:image hides images
  • -app:slack hides everything copied from Slack
  • -draft hides items that contain "draft"
Where to look
  • src/shared/search.ts: ParsedQuery, parseQuery and matchesQuery
  • src/renderer/src/shelf/shelf-app/shelf-app.tsx highlights matches on cards with parseQuery(search).terms. Keep excluded words in their own fields (say excludeTerms, excludeKinds, excludeApps) rather than in terms, or the shelf would highlight words it's hiding
  • tests/search.test.ts
Done when
  • The three forms above work, on their own and mixed with normal filters (is:code -app:terminal)
  • Words with a hyphen inside (well-known, e-mail) are searched as before
  • Tests in tests/search.test.ts cover these, and pnpm test passes
  • The search bullet in README.md ("Finds things fast") mentions the minus

Suggested pull request title: feat(search): exclude results with a leading minus

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