grep fallback extended regex alternation fix
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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #79782 on 6 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- A fix was merged to main in PR #79782. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These members address a bug where pipe-based alternation patterns silently return zero results in the grep fallback path. The fix involves enabling extended regex mode in grep to properly support alternation syntax.
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#79782 fix(search): use extended regex in grep fallback for alternation support
files:
tests/tools/test_file_operations_edge_cases.py,tests/tools/test_search_hidden_dirs.py,tools/file_operations.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#39294search_files target='content' silently returns 0 results when pattern uses pipe (|) alternation on the grep fallback path
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- 2 PRs closed without merging
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- 6 Aug 2026