From 6bc8d75ab4c60a29b39883b8b384b019af6f5b2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bounty Hunter Bot <bot@factory.ai>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:42:55 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reject empty search queries

---
 src/cli/commands.rs        |  6 ++++++
 tests/integration_tests.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/commands.rs b/src/cli/commands.rs
index f128499..5aae3b0 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands.rs
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ fn run_search_smart(
     interactive: bool,
     sync: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
+    let query = query.trim();
+    if query.is_empty() {
+        ui::print_error("Search query cannot be empty");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     if sync {
         run_index(
             config,
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index efb71d9..8e5dc56 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -59,3 +59,23 @@ fn test_config_show() {
         .success()
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains("Chunk size"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_search_empty_query_should_fail() {
+    vgrep()
+        .arg("search")
+        .arg("")
+        .assert()
+        .failure()
+        .stderr(predicate::str::contains("Search query cannot be empty"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_search_whitespace_query_should_fail() {
+    vgrep()
+        .arg("search")
+        .arg("   ")
+        .assert()
+        .failure()
+        .stderr(predicate::str::contains("Search query cannot be empty"));
+}