fix(cli): prevent parser breakage on empty results across output formats#228
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fix(cli): prevent parser breakage on empty results across output formats#228
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- --json: [] - --csv: header only - --xml: <results></results> - --md/--files: empty output - default CLI keeps human-readable message
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Summary
search,vsearch, orqueryreturn no results (or--min-scorefilters everything),non-default output formats now return parseable empty values instead of plain text
--json,--csv, or--xmloutputFixes Issue #183
Changes
Extracts a shared
printEmptySearchResults()that emits format-appropriate empty output:--json"No results found."[]--csv"No results found."--xml"No results found."<results></results>--md/--files"No results found."Also applies to the
--min-scorefiltering path inoutputResults(), which previouslyonly handled JSON.
Tests
--json,--csv,--xml,--md,--files) with non-matching queries--min-scorefiltering across all formatsValidation
npx vitest run --reporter=verbose test/cli.test.ts