feat(pi-fff): add bounded grep result policies by MisterWanted · Pull Request #5 · GroepOnline/pi-tools

MisterWanted · 2026-08-18T16:57:23Z

Summary

This PR improves @groeponline/pi-fff search result quality without changing the existing default behaviour.

Changes

Add opt-in ffgrep.compact output with stable path:line:match rows and no context blocks.
Add opt-in ffgrep.maxMatchesPerFile, bounded by the requested page size and the existing maximum page size.
Apply the per-file cap to both the exact and fuzzy fallback grep paths.
Preserve grouped contextual output and all existing defaults when the new options are omitted.
Add formatter regression tests for compact output, contextual output, and empty results.
Add a package changelog and document the new parameters and agent guidance.

Validation

git diff --check passed.
npm run typecheck passed for packages/pi-fff after generating local FFF declarations.
Bun tests are included in the PR and are intended to run in GitHub Actions; Bun is not installed in the local sandbox.

Compatibility and risk

The public tool names, default limits, pagination cursors, smart-case behaviour, and default contextual output remain unchanged. The new options are additive and bounded. No network calls, telemetry, or filesystem scope changes are introduced.

Follow-up

Explicit ignored-path search remains a separate, safety-gated feature because the current FFF SDK does not expose an ignore-bypass initialization option. This PR intentionally improves result density without broadening the indexed filesystem scope.

Repository baseline checks

The Oxc formatter/linter and spelling checks pass for this branch. The Rust CI currently reports two failures in crates/fff-core/tests/bigram_overlay_coherence_test.rs, and cargo fmt reports formatting in that same pre-existing Rust test file. That file is not part of this PR diff; the failures are therefore tracked as repository-baseline issues rather than hidden or changed as part of this TypeScript package improvement.

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Walkthrough

The ffgrep tool now supports compact output and configurable per-file match limits. Exact and fuzzy searches apply the limit. Tests, Bun setup mocks, README guidance, and changelog entries were added.

Changes

Grep options and validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Grep output formatting and tests `packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts`, `packages/pi-tools/test/output.test.ts`, `packages/pi-tools/test/setup.ts`, `bunfig.toml`, `packages/pi-tools/bunfig.toml`	`formatGrepOutput` is public and supports compact path-line-match rows. Default contextual output remains unchanged. Tests cover both modes and empty results. Bun test configuration preloads optional dependency mocks.
Grep options and execution wiring `packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts`, `packages/pi-tools/test/extension.test.ts`	`maxMatchesPerFile` and `compact` are added to the grep schema. Per-file limits are clamped and passed to exact and fuzzy searches. Tests cover the limit behavior.
Grep option documentation and release notes `packages/pi-tools/README.md`, `packages/pi-tools/CHANGELOG.md`	The README and changelog describe the new options, defaults, output behavior, tests, and preserved pagination behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bce6b

The new compact grep mode can emit rows that violate the documented path:line:match format, which may break consumers, and the maxMatchesPerFile documentation omits its effective page-size bound. These are bounded but concrete merge-readiness issues that should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant GrepTool
  participant GrepSearch
  participant formatGrepOutput
  Caller->>GrepTool: provide pattern and grep options
  GrepTool->>GrepSearch: execute exact or fuzzy search with per-file limit
  GrepSearch-->>GrepTool: return grep results
  GrepTool->>formatGrepOutput: format results with compact option
  formatGrepOutput-->>Caller: return rendered grep output

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 40.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the new bounded grep options, preserved defaults, tests, documentation, and validation.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: adding bounded grep result policies to the package.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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qodo-code-review · 2026-08-18T16:58:21Z

PR Summary by Qodo

Add bounded, compact ffgrep result policies

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 20-40 Minutes

AI Description

• Adds opt-in compact grep output with stable path-and-line rows.
• Bounds per-file matches for exact and fuzzy searches without changing defaults.
• Documents result policies and adds formatter regression coverage.

Diagram

graph TD
  A["ffgrep Request"] --> B["Bound Policies"] --> C["Exact Grep"] --> D{"Exact Results?"}
  D -->|"Matches"| F["Output Formatter"] --> G["Tool Response"]
  D -->|"Empty plain"| E["Fuzzy Grep"] --> F

High-Level Assessment

The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Post-filter grep results

➕ Keeps result-density policy outside the underlying grep engine.
➕ Could be implemented without relying on the SDK's per-file limit option.
➖ Requires over-fetching to fill pages fairly.
➖ Can produce underfilled pages or inconsistent cursor semantics.
➖ Wastes search work on matches that will be discarded.

Recommendation: Keep the PR's engine-level per-file cap and shared exact/fuzzy policy. It bounds work before results are returned, preserves cursor-based pagination, and avoids post-processing inconsistencies while retaining existing defaults.

Files changed (4) +91 / -6

Enhancement (1) +29 / -5

index.tsImplement bounded and compact grep result policies +29/-5

Implement bounded and compact grep result policies

• Exports the grep formatter and adds compact path-line-match rendering. Extends the ffgrep schema and guidance, clamps per-file limits to the page size, applies them to exact and fuzzy searches, and selects formatting from the compact flag.

packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts

Tests (1) +42 / -0

output.test.tsAdd grep formatter regression tests +42/-0

Add grep formatter regression tests

• Verifies that default output retains grouped context, compact output emits one stable row without context, and empty searches retain their established message.

packages/pi-fff/test/output.test.ts

Documentation (2) +20 / -1

CHANGELOG.mdAdd package changelog for search and SDK improvements +17/-0

Add package changelog for search and SDK improvements
• Introduces an Unreleased changelog covering runtime-preferred SDK loading, bounded per-file grep results, compact formatting, regression coverage, and compatibility guarantees.
packages/pi-fff/CHANGELOG.md

README.mdDocument compact output and per-file match limits +3/-1

Document compact output and per-file match limits

• Adds both optional ffgrep parameters to the reference table and explains when agents should prefer compact output or cap noisy files. It explicitly states that existing defaults remain unchanged.

packages/pi-fff/README.md

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cargo fmt fails on an over-indented comment line in bigram_overlay_coherence_test.rs. Fix the indentation to match the surrounding block.

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Three Rust compile errors in the test file: - E0382: clone name before base.join() to avoid move - E0515: keep guard reference inside closure scope - E0599: use pattern match instead of as_deref_mut on RwLockWriteGuard

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Trim changelog to grep-quality scope, add root bunfig preload so `bun test packages/pi-tools/test/` from repo root applies mocks, and align compact output with README (path:line:match, named truncation cap, git annotations). Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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devin-ai-integration · 2026-08-20T12:51:16Z

+  if (compact) {
+    return result.items
+      .map(
+        (match) =>
+          `${match.relativePath}${fffFileAnnotation(match)}:${match.lineNumber}:${truncateLine(match.lineContent, GREP_COMPACT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH)}`,
+      )
+      .join("\n");


🟡 Compact search rows put a status tag inside the location, breaking the promised path:line:match layout

In compact mode the file's git/frecency tag is inserted between the path and the line number (${match.relativePath}${fffFileAnnotation(match)}:${match.lineNumber}:... at packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts:150), so any result for a file with a status tag no longer follows the advertised path:line:match shape.
Impact: A reader splitting each row on the first colon captures the trailing tag text as part of the file path, so the file location is parsed incorrectly whenever a status tag is present.

Mechanism: annotation embedded before the line-number separator

fffFileAnnotation (packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts:124-139) returns strings like [modified in git] or [often touched file] whenever git status is non-clean or frecency is high. In the grouped (non-compact) path this tag is appended to the standalone file-header line, so it never collides with the line:content rows. In compact mode it is concatenated directly onto the path immediately before the :${lineNumber}: separator, producing rows such as src/example.ts [modified in git]:4:const changed = true; (asserted in packages/pi-tools/test/output.test.ts:53). Both the README (packages/pi-tools/README.md:72) and CHANGELOG (packages/pi-tools/CHANGELOG.md:8) describe compact output as deterministic path:line:match rows intended for dense, parseable agent output, which the embedded tag contradicts.

Prompt for agents

In formatGrepOutput (packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts), compact mode currently emits `${match.relativePath}${fffFileAnnotation(match)}:${match.lineNumber}:${...}`, which inserts the git/frecency annotation between the path and the line number. This breaks the documented `path:line:match` format because a consumer splitting on the first colon will treat the annotation text as part of the path. Decide on the intended contract: either omit the annotation entirely in compact mode (keeping strict path:line:match), or move the annotation to the end of the row (after the match text) so the leading path:line:match segment stays parseable. Update the corresponding assertions in packages/pi-tools/test/output.test.ts and the README/CHANGELOG wording to match whichever layout is chosen.

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packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts (1)
146-151: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep compact rows in path:line:match format.

Line 150 inserts fffFileAnnotation(match) between the path and line number. Annotated rows become src/example.ts [modified in git]:4:..., not the documented path:line:match format. Parsers cannot recover the path with the promised delimiter layout.

Omit file annotations in compact mode. Update the compact annotation test to match that contract.
Proposed fix
-          `${match.relativePath}${fffFileAnnotation(match)}:${match.lineNumber}:${truncateLine(match.lineContent, GREP_COMPACT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH)}`,
+          `${match.relativePath}:${match.lineNumber}:${truncateLine(match.lineContent, GREP_COMPACT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH)}`,
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In `@packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts` around lines 146 - 151, Remove
fffFileAnnotation(match) from the compact mapping in the compact result path so
every row remains in path:line:match format, and update the compact annotation
test to assert the unannotated output.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/pi-tools/src/index.ts`:
- Around line 146-151: Remove fffFileAnnotation(match) from the compact mapping
in the compact result path so every row remains in path:line:match format, and
update the compact annotation test to assert the unannotated output.

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