fix: Do not start fallback grep if index is not ready by dmtrKovalenko · Pull Request #880 · dmtrKovalenko/fff

dmtrKovalenko · 2026-09-20T22:40:47Z

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New Features
- Added configurable search suggestions when a query returns no results.
- Suggestions can use fallback grep lookups in file mode with a configurable time limit.
- Added scan status information indicating warmup completion and content-index readiness.
Documentation
- Updated setup examples and configuration reference with suggestion settings and behavior details.
- Clarified that grep hints become available after content indexing finishes.

coderabbitai · 2026-09-20T22:40:59Z

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The change adds configurable cross-mode suggestions. Scan progress now exposes warmup and index-readiness fields. File-mode grep suggestions use the readiness state and a configured time budget.

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Cross-mode picker suggestions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Suggestion configuration and readiness contract `lua/fff/conf.lua`, `README.md`, `crates/fff-nvim/src/lib.rs`, `lua/fff/file_picker/init.lua`	The configuration adds enabled suggestions and a 50 ms grep budget. Scan progress exposes warmup completion and index readiness, including false values for uninitialized or failed requests.
Gated fallback suggestion search `lua/fff/picker_ui/search_manager.lua`	Empty-result searches honor the suggestion setting. File-mode grep suggestions use the new helper, skip unavailable indexes, and apply the configured time budget.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: gustav-fff

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A zero-result fallback can stall the picker when users configure a zero budget; the impact is bounded and the fix is straightforward.

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greptile-apps · 2026-09-20T22:43:46Z

Confidence Score: 3/5

The PR is not yet safe to merge because a zero suggestion budget can restore the synchronous full-scan UI stall, and the default GPU benchmark can fail on adapters without subgroup support.

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Zero Disables The Budget ▶
Unsupported Subgroups Abort Benchmark ▶
Empty Queries Underflow ▶
Empty Corpus Divides By Zero ▶

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  Q[File-mode query has no file results] --> E{Suggestions enabled?}
  E -- No --> R[Render no-result state]
  E -- Yes --> I{Content index ready?}
  I -- No --> R
  I -- Yes --> G[Run synchronous grep suggestion]
  G --> B{Positive time budget expires<br/>or search completes}
  B --> S[Render grep suggestion items]

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greptile-apps · 2026-09-20T22:43:49Z

+
+  local grep_config = vim.tbl_extend('force', S.grep_config or S.config.grep or {}, {
+    enforce_time_budget = true,
+    time_budget_ms = suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50,


Zero disables the budget

If grep_time_budget_ms is configured as 0, this value is forwarded directly even though the grep implementation treats zero as “no budget.” A zero-result file query can therefore synchronously scan every indexed file and block the picker UI instead of honoring the promised hard cap.

greptile-apps · 2026-09-20T22:43:49Z

+                    let score_pass = if use_subgroup {
+                        cache.entry(needle_bytes.len()).or_insert_with(|| {
+                            let bufs: Vec<&wgpu::Buffer> = self.survivor_entries.iter().collect();
+                            make_pass(
+                                &self.device,
+                                "subgroup",
+                                &crate::subgroup::generate(needle_bytes.len()),
+                                &bufs,
+                            )
+                        })


Unsupported subgroups abort benchmark

If the adapter does not expose the SUBGROUP feature, this still tries to create the subgroup pipeline. Pipeline validation fails before the shader can write the sentinel that triggers the lanes fallback, so the default benchmark aborts instead of falling back.

greptile-apps · 2026-09-20T22:43:49Z

+                    .map(|s| s.parse().unwrap())
+                    .collect()
+            }
+            "--queries" => queries = args.next().unwrap().split(',').map(String::from).collect(),


Empty queries underflow

--queries "" and consecutive commas produce empty query entries that are sent to the GPU matcher. They become a zero-length needle, while both prefilter shader paths evaluate needle_byte(n - 1u), causing an out-of-bounds read instead of producing a benchmark result.

greptile-apps · 2026-09-20T22:43:49Z

+    if target == 0 || target <= base.len() {
+        return base.to_vec();
+    }
+    let copies = target.div_ceil(base.len());


Empty corpus divides by zero

If a nonzero synthetic size is requested for a directory containing no files, base.len() is zero and this calculation panics. Empty directories are accepted by the documented CLI, so this input aborts the benchmark before it starts.

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In `@lua/fff/picker_ui/search_manager.lua`:
- Line 126: Ensure the suggestion grep configuration in the search manager
assigns a strictly positive time budget, preventing an explicitly configured
zero from reaching grep.search as unlimited; update the time_budget_ms
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coderabbitai · 2026-09-20T22:47:35Z

+
+  local grep_config = vim.tbl_extend('force', S.grep_config or S.config.grep or {}, {
+    enforce_time_budget = true,
+    time_budget_ms = suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50,


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sed -n '1,180p' lua/fff/picker_ui/search_manager.lua printf '\n--- grep budget consumers ---\n' rg -n -C 4 'time_budget_ms|suggestion_grep|grep_time_budget_ms' lua crates printf '\n--- suggestion configuration ---\n' sed -n '40,125p' lua/fff/conf.lua sed -n '430,490p' lua/fff/conf.lua

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Keep the suggestion grep budget bounded.

0 is truthy in Lua, so it reaches grep.search unchanged. The grep contract treats time_budget_ms = 0 as unlimited. With enforce_time_budget = true, a zero-hit fallback can scan every file and stall the picker.

Clamp this value to a positive duration, or reject zero during configuration validation.

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- time_budget_ms = suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50, + time_budget_ms = math.max(1, suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50),

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time_budget_ms = suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50,

time_budget_ms = math.max(1, suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50),

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	time_budget_ms = suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50,
	time_budget_ms = math.max(1, suggest_config.grep_time_budget_ms or 50),

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