From db3b91b2f85b48be6df8b89db3348fbdf874c000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Christie <benc00@vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:41:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] added support for searching in visual line mode

---
 lua/csgithub/query.lua | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/csgithub/query.lua b/lua/csgithub/query.lua
index 10fffec..762848b 100644
--- a/lua/csgithub/query.lua
+++ b/lua/csgithub/query.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 local M = {}
 
+--- useful for visual line mode when extra whitespace is 
+--- included in search query
+--- @param s string
+local function trim_string(s)
+   return (s:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1"))
+end
+
 M.construct_query_path = function(args)
 	local ext = vim.fn.expand("%:e")
 
@@ -27,14 +34,14 @@ end
 M.construct_query_text = function()
 	local utils = require("csgithub.utils")
 	local text = ""
-	if vim.fn.mode() == "v" then
-		-- visual mode
-		text = utils.get_visual_selection()
+	local mode = vim.api.nvim_get_mode().mode
+	if mode == "v" or mode == "V" then
+		-- visual mode, visual line mode
+		text = trim_string(utils.get_visual_selection())
 	else
 		-- normal mode
 		text = vim.fn.expand("<cword>")
 	end
-
 	return text
 end
 

From fe75e14824cb817ce5165e60a65f4d120e727937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Christie <benc00@vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:20:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] no-op when no text selected

---
 lua/csgithub/init.lua  | 3 +++
 lua/csgithub/query.lua | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/csgithub/init.lua b/lua/csgithub/init.lua
index 11043ce..545d36b 100644
--- a/lua/csgithub/init.lua
+++ b/lua/csgithub/init.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ M.search = function(args)
 
 	local query = require("csgithub.query")
 	local q = query.construct_query(merged_args)
+	if q == nil then
+		return nil
+	end
 	local url = query.construct_url(q)
 
 	return url
diff --git a/lua/csgithub/query.lua b/lua/csgithub/query.lua
index 762848b..092b66a 100644
--- a/lua/csgithub/query.lua
+++ b/lua/csgithub/query.lua
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ end
 M.construct_query = function(args)
 	local query_parts = {}
 
+	local query_text = M.construct_query_text()
+	if query_text == "" then
+		return nil
+	end
 	-- path:
 	if args.includeFilename or args.includeExtension then
 		local path = M.construct_query_path(args)
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ M.construct_query = function(args)
 	end
 
 	-- text
-	table.insert(query_parts, M.construct_query_text())
+	table.insert(query_parts, query_text)
 
 	return table.concat(query_parts, " ")
 end

From 8ba4840821d513e35b6d416fa130f392ff1ca487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Christie <benc00@vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:26:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Revert "added support for searching in visual line mode"

This reverts commit db3b91b2f85b48be6df8b89db3348fbdf874c000.

reverts visual line mode commit
---
 lua/csgithub/query.lua | 15 ++++-----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/csgithub/query.lua b/lua/csgithub/query.lua
index 092b66a..8b1f464 100644
--- a/lua/csgithub/query.lua
+++ b/lua/csgithub/query.lua
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 local M = {}
 
---- useful for visual line mode when extra whitespace is 
---- included in search query
---- @param s string
-local function trim_string(s)
-   return (s:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1"))
-end
-
 M.construct_query_path = function(args)
 	local ext = vim.fn.expand("%:e")
 
@@ -34,14 +27,14 @@ end
 M.construct_query_text = function()
 	local utils = require("csgithub.utils")
 	local text = ""
-	local mode = vim.api.nvim_get_mode().mode
-	if mode == "v" or mode == "V" then
-		-- visual mode, visual line mode
-		text = trim_string(utils.get_visual_selection())
+	if vim.fn.mode() == "v" then
+		-- visual mode
+		text = utils.get_visual_selection()
 	else
 		-- normal mode
 		text = vim.fn.expand("<cword>")
 	end
+
 	return text
 end