From 6225abe9b35c5b7257e5be6f22fb9bc9df2a15c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Runar Ingebrigtsen <runar@rin.no>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:35:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] support partial word match

---
 app/models/entry.rb | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/models/entry.rb b/app/models/entry.rb
index 7db4743..a098f38 100644
--- a/app/models/entry.rb
+++ b/app/models/entry.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ class Entry < ApplicationRecord
   def self.search(query, language_code: nil)
     return all if query.blank?
 
+    terms = query.to_s.strip.split(/\s+/).map { |term| term.gsub('"', '""') }.reject(&:blank?)
+    return all if terms.empty?
+
     prefix = valid_lang?(language_code) ? "#{language_code}:" : ""
-    fts_query = "#{prefix}\"#{query.to_s.gsub('"', '""')}\""
+    fts_query = terms.map { |term| "#{prefix}\"#{term}\"*" }.join(" ")
 
     joins("JOIN entries_fts ON entries_fts.rowid = entries.id")
       .where("entries_fts MATCH ?", fts_query)