hound-search/hound

Enable multiline search

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#349 opened on Sep 28, 2020

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Description

The searching seems to only find matches on a single line. Would it be possible to search across multiple lines?

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Research direction
Investigate the current search logic in the codebase to understand how single line matching works, then extend it to support multiline patterns by modifying the regex or search algorithm.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScript
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70