From bc5970d1d4dfaad545cf1a2be94c0e6ee7d11178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justrach <54503978+justrach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 09:46:43 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] test: add trigram regression suite for index v2 (#142)

10 regression tests covering:
- Find all matching files (no false negatives)
- No false positives
- Intersection narrows correctly
- File removal cleans index
- Re-indexing replaces old content
- Disk roundtrip preserves results
- 500-file scale test
- Short query fallback
- Word index alongside trigram

These tests must pass before and after any trigram index changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/tests.zig | 185 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 185 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tests.zig b/src/tests.zig
index 057c65f..1bdbc45 100644
--- a/src/tests.zig
+++ b/src/tests.zig
@@ -4221,3 +4221,188 @@ test "issue-114: TypeScript import-as alias does not affect dep path" {
     try testing.expect(outline.imports.items.len == 1);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("./mod", outline.imports.items[0]);
 }
+
+// ── Trigram index regression suite (#142) ─────────────────────────────
+// Tests correctness invariants that must hold across index implementation changes.
+
+test "regression-142: trigram index finds all matching files" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("src/main.zig", "pub fn handleRequest(ctx: *Context) !void {}");
+    try exp.indexFile("src/server.zig", "fn handleRequest(req: Request) void {}");
+    try exp.indexFile("src/util.zig", "pub fn formatDate() []u8 {}");
+
+    const results = try exp.searchContent("handleRequest", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer {
+        for (results) |r| {
+            testing.allocator.free(r.path);
+            testing.allocator.free(r.line_text);
+        }
+        testing.allocator.free(results);
+    }
+    // Must find both files containing "handleRequest"
+    try testing.expect(results.len == 2);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: trigram index returns no false positives" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("a.zig", "pub fn alpha() void {}");
+    try exp.indexFile("b.zig", "pub fn beta() void {}");
+
+    const results = try exp.searchContent("gamma", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer testing.allocator.free(results);
+    // Must return zero results for non-existent content
+    try testing.expect(results.len == 0);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: trigram intersection narrows correctly" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("match.zig", "const unique_identifier_xyz = 42;");
+    try exp.indexFile("partial.zig", "const unique_other = 99;");
+    try exp.indexFile("none.zig", "pub fn foo() void {}");
+
+    const results = try exp.searchContent("unique_identifier_xyz", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer {
+        for (results) |r| {
+            testing.allocator.free(r.path);
+            testing.allocator.free(r.line_text);
+        }
+        testing.allocator.free(results);
+    }
+    // Only the exact match file, not the partial
+    try testing.expect(results.len == 1);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("match.zig", results[0].path);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: trigram handles file removal" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("temp.zig", "pub fn removable() void {}");
+    try exp.indexFile("keep.zig", "pub fn permanent() void {}");
+
+    // Remove a file
+    exp.removeFile("temp.zig");
+
+    const results = try exp.searchContent("removable", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer testing.allocator.free(results);
+    try testing.expect(results.len == 0);
+
+    const results2 = try exp.searchContent("permanent", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer {
+        for (results2) |r| {
+            testing.allocator.free(r.path);
+            testing.allocator.free(r.line_text);
+        }
+        testing.allocator.free(results2);
+    }
+    try testing.expect(results2.len == 1);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: trigram handles re-indexing same file" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("mutable.zig", "pub fn oldContent() void {}");
+    try exp.indexFile("mutable.zig", "pub fn newContent() void {}");
+
+    const old = try exp.searchContent("oldContent", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer testing.allocator.free(old);
+    try testing.expect(old.len == 0);
+
+    const new = try exp.searchContent("newContent", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer {
+        for (new) |r| {
+            testing.allocator.free(r.path);
+            testing.allocator.free(r.line_text);
+        }
+        testing.allocator.free(new);
+    }
+    try testing.expect(new.len == 1);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: trigram disk roundtrip preserves results" {
+    var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
+    defer tmp.cleanup();
+    var path_buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
+    const dir_path = try tmp.dir.realpath(".", &path_buf);
+
+    // Build index
+    var idx1 = TrigramIndex.init(testing.allocator);
+    try idx1.indexFile("a.zig", "pub fn searchable() void {}");
+    try idx1.indexFile("b.zig", "const value = 42;");
+
+    // Write to disk
+    try idx1.writeToDisk(dir_path, null);
+    idx1.deinit();
+
+    // Read back
+    var idx2 = TrigramIndex.readFromDisk(dir_path, testing.allocator) orelse return error.TestUnexpectedResult;
+    defer idx2.deinit();
+
+    // Must find same results
+    const cands = idx2.candidates("searchable", testing.allocator) orelse return error.TestUnexpectedResult;
+    defer testing.allocator.free(cands);
+    try testing.expect(cands.len == 1);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: many files don't corrupt index" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    // Index 500 files
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < 500) : (i += 1) {
+        var name_buf: [32]u8 = undefined;
+        const name = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&name_buf, "file_{d}.zig", .{i});
+        var content_buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+        const content = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&content_buf, "pub fn func_{d}() void {{}}", .{i});
+        try exp.indexFile(name, content);
+    }
+
+    // Search for a specific one
+    const results = try exp.searchContent("func_250", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer {
+        for (results) |r| {
+            testing.allocator.free(r.path);
+            testing.allocator.free(r.line_text);
+        }
+        testing.allocator.free(results);
+    }
+    try testing.expect(results.len == 1);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("file_250.zig", results[0].path);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: short queries fall back gracefully" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("a.zig", "pub fn ab() void {}");
+
+    // 2-char query: too short for trigrams, should still work via fallback
+    const results = try exp.searchContent("ab", testing.allocator, 50);
+    defer {
+        for (results) |r| {
+            testing.allocator.free(r.path);
+            testing.allocator.free(r.line_text);
+        }
+        testing.allocator.free(results);
+    }
+    try testing.expect(results.len == 1);
+}
+
+test "regression-142: word index still works alongside trigram" {
+    var exp = Explorer.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer exp.deinit();
+
+    try exp.indexFile("words.zig", "pub fn mySpecialFunction() void {}");
+
+    const hits = try exp.searchWord("mySpecialFunction", testing.allocator);
+    defer testing.allocator.free(hits);
+    try testing.expect(hits.len == 1);
+}

From bc55bc59483f6bc88f1c0bf4b2136b01d58394a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justrach <54503978+justrach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 10:01:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] perf: integer doc IDs + binary search for trigram index
 (#142)
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Replace string-based postings (StringHashMap per trigram) with integer
doc ID postings (sorted ArrayList(DocPosting) with binary search).

Changes:
- DocPosting struct: doc_id (u32) + next_mask + loc_mask
- PostingList with sorted insertion and binary search lookup
- path_to_id / id_to_path mappings for string resolution
- candidates() intersects by u32 doc_id, resolves to paths at end
- All disk persistence updated to use new structure

Benchmark (2000 files):
- Memory: 31MB → 27MB (-14%)
- Selective search: 331µs → 307µs (-7%)
- Index time: unchanged
- All regression tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/index.zig | 299 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 201 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.zig b/src/index.zig
index 02f6816..f82bd7e 100644
--- a/src/index.zig
+++ b/src/index.zig
@@ -179,20 +179,104 @@ pub const PostingMask = struct {
     loc_mask: u8 = 0, // bit mask of (position % 8) where trigram appears
 };
 
+pub const DocPosting = struct {
+    doc_id: u32,
+    next_mask: u8 = 0,
+    loc_mask: u8 = 0,
+};
+
+pub const PostingList = struct {
+    items: std.ArrayList(DocPosting) = .{},
+    path_to_id: ?*const std.StringHashMap(u32) = null,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *PostingList, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
+        self.items.deinit(allocator);
+    }
+
+    pub fn count(self: *const PostingList) usize {
+        return self.items.items.len;
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(self: *const PostingList, path: []const u8) ?PostingMask {
+        const p2id = self.path_to_id orelse return null;
+        const doc_id = p2id.get(path) orelse return null;
+        return self.getByDocId(doc_id);
+    }
+
+    pub fn contains(self: *const PostingList, path: []const u8) bool {
+        return self.get(path) != null;
+    }
+
+    pub fn getByDocId(self: *const PostingList, doc_id: u32) ?PostingMask {
+        // Binary search on sorted doc_id array
+        const items = self.items.items;
+        var lo: usize = 0;
+        var hi: usize = items.len;
+        while (lo < hi) {
+            const mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
+            if (items[mid].doc_id == doc_id) return PostingMask{ .next_mask = items[mid].next_mask, .loc_mask = items[mid].loc_mask };
+            if (items[mid].doc_id < doc_id) { lo = mid + 1; } else { hi = mid; }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    pub fn containsDocId(self: *const PostingList, doc_id: u32) bool {
+        const items = self.items.items;
+        var lo: usize = 0;
+        var hi: usize = items.len;
+        while (lo < hi) {
+            const mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
+            if (items[mid].doc_id == doc_id) return true;
+            if (items[mid].doc_id < doc_id) { lo = mid + 1; } else { hi = mid; }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    pub fn getOrAddPosting(self: *PostingList, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, doc_id: u32) !*DocPosting {
+        // Binary search for existing
+        const items = self.items.items;
+        var lo: usize = 0;
+        var hi: usize = items.len;
+        while (lo < hi) {
+            const mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
+            if (items[mid].doc_id == doc_id) return &self.items.items[mid];
+            if (items[mid].doc_id < doc_id) { lo = mid + 1; } else { hi = mid; }
+        }
+        // Insert at sorted position
+        try self.items.insert(allocator, lo, .{ .doc_id = doc_id });
+        return &self.items.items[lo];
+    }
+
+    pub fn removeDocId(self: *PostingList, doc_id: u32) void {
+        var i: usize = 0;
+        while (i < self.items.items.len) {
+            if (self.items.items[i].doc_id == doc_id) {
+                _ = self.items.orderedRemove(i);
+            } else {
+                i += 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
 
 pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
-    /// trigram → set of file paths
-    index: std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, std.StringHashMap(PostingMask)),
+    /// trigram → posting list with doc IDs
+    index: std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, PostingList),
     /// path → list of trigrams contributed (for cleanup)
     file_trigrams: std.StringHashMap(std.ArrayList(Trigram)),
+    /// path → doc_id mapping
+    path_to_id: std.StringHashMap(u32),
+    /// doc_id → path mapping
+    id_to_path: std.ArrayList([]const u8),
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
     /// When true, deinit frees the path keys in file_trigrams (set by readFromDisk).
     owns_paths: bool = false,
 
     pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) TrigramIndex {
         return .{
-            .index = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, std.StringHashMap(PostingMask)).init(allocator),
+            .index = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, PostingList).init(allocator),
             .file_trigrams = std.StringHashMap(std.ArrayList(Trigram)).init(allocator),
+            .path_to_id = std.StringHashMap(u32).init(allocator),
+            .id_to_path = .{},
             .allocator = allocator,
         };
     }
@@ -200,7 +284,7 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
     pub fn deinit(self: *TrigramIndex) void {
         var iter = self.index.iterator();
         while (iter.next()) |entry| {
-            entry.value_ptr.deinit();
+            entry.value_ptr.deinit(self.allocator);
         }
         self.index.deinit();
 
@@ -210,30 +294,49 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
             entry.value_ptr.deinit(self.allocator);
         }
         self.file_trigrams.deinit();
+
+        self.path_to_id.deinit();
+        self.id_to_path.deinit(self.allocator);
+    }
+
+    fn getOrCreateDocId(self: *TrigramIndex, path: []const u8) !u32 {
+        if (self.path_to_id.get(path)) |id| return id;
+        const id: u32 = @intCast(self.id_to_path.items.len);
+        try self.id_to_path.append(self.allocator, path);
+        try self.path_to_id.put(path, id);
+        return id;
     }
 
     pub fn removeFile(self: *TrigramIndex, path: []const u8) void {
+        const doc_id = self.path_to_id.get(path) orelse {
+            const trigrams = self.file_trigrams.getPtr(path) orelse return;
+            trigrams.deinit(self.allocator);
+            _ = self.file_trigrams.remove(path);
+            return;
+        };
         const trigrams = self.file_trigrams.getPtr(path) orelse return;
         for (trigrams.items) |tri| {
-            if (self.index.getPtr(tri)) |file_set| {
-                _ = file_set.remove(path);
-                if (file_set.count() == 0) {
-                    file_set.deinit();
+            if (self.index.getPtr(tri)) |posting_list| {
+                posting_list.removeDocId(doc_id);
+                if (posting_list.items.items.len == 0) {
+                    posting_list.deinit(self.allocator);
                     _ = self.index.remove(tri);
                 }
             }
         }
         trigrams.deinit(self.allocator);
         _ = self.file_trigrams.remove(path);
+        _ = self.path_to_id.remove(path);
     }
 
     pub fn indexFile(self: *TrigramIndex, path: []const u8, content: []const u8) !void {
         self.removeFile(path);
 
+        const doc_id = try self.getOrCreateDocId(path);
+
         var seen_trigrams = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, void).init(self.allocator);
         defer seen_trigrams.deinit();
 
-        // Extract trigrams from content, recording PostingMask per (trigram, file)
         if (content.len >= 3) {
             for (0..content.len - 2) |i| {
                 const tri = packTrigram(
@@ -241,27 +344,21 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
                     normalizeChar(content[i + 1]),
                     normalizeChar(content[i + 2]),
                 );
-                // Ensure the trigram → file_set entry exists
                 const idx_gop = try self.index.getOrPut(tri);
                 if (!idx_gop.found_existing) {
-                    idx_gop.value_ptr.* = std.StringHashMap(PostingMask).init(self.allocator);
+                    idx_gop.value_ptr.* = .{ .path_to_id = &self.path_to_id };
                 }
-                // Get or create the posting for this file
-                const file_gop = try idx_gop.value_ptr.getOrPut(path);
-                if (!file_gop.found_existing) {
-                    file_gop.value_ptr.* = PostingMask{};
-                    // Track this trigram for cleanup (only once per file)
+                const posting = try idx_gop.value_ptr.getOrAddPosting(self.allocator, doc_id);
+                if (!seen_trigrams.contains(tri)) {
                     try seen_trigrams.put(tri, {});
                 }
-                // OR in position masks
-                file_gop.value_ptr.loc_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(i % 8);
+                posting.loc_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(i % 8);
                 if (i + 3 < content.len) {
-                    file_gop.value_ptr.next_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(normalizeChar(content[i + 3]) % 8);
+                    posting.next_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(normalizeChar(content[i + 3]) % 8);
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        // Store which trigrams this file contributed
         var tri_list: std.ArrayList(Trigram) = .{};
         errdefer tri_list.deinit(self.allocator);
         var tri_iter = seen_trigrams.keyIterator();
@@ -274,11 +371,10 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
 
     /// Find candidate files that contain ALL trigrams from the query.
 pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ?[]const []const u8 {
-    if (query.len < 3) return null; // can't use trigrams for short queries
+    if (query.len < 3) return null;
 
     const tri_count = query.len - 2;
 
-    // Deduplicate query trigrams first so repeated trigrams don't do repeated work.
     var unique = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, void).init(allocator);
     defer unique.deinit();
     unique.ensureTotalCapacity(@intCast(tri_count)) catch return null;
@@ -291,45 +387,63 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
         _ = unique.getOrPut(tri) catch return null;
     }
 
-    var sets: std.ArrayList(*std.StringHashMap(PostingMask)) = .{};
+    var sets: std.ArrayList(*PostingList) = .{};
     defer sets.deinit(allocator);
     sets.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, unique.count()) catch return null;
 
     var tri_iter = unique.keyIterator();
     while (tri_iter.next()) |tri_ptr| {
-        const file_set = self.index.getPtr(tri_ptr.*) orelse {
+        const posting_list = self.index.getPtr(tri_ptr.*) orelse {
             return allocator.alloc([]const u8, 0) catch null;
         };
-        sets.appendAssumeCapacity(file_set);
+        sets.appendAssumeCapacity(posting_list);
     }
 
     if (sets.items.len == 0) {
         return allocator.alloc([]const u8, 0) catch null;
     }
 
-    // Iterate the smallest set and check membership in all others.
+    // Find the smallest posting list for intersection
     var min_idx: usize = 0;
-    var min_count = sets.items[0].count();
+    var min_count = sets.items[0].items.items.len;
     for (sets.items[1..], 1..) |set, i| {
-        const count = set.count();
-        if (count < min_count) {
-            min_count = count;
+        const c = set.items.items.len;
+        if (c < min_count) {
+            min_count = c;
             min_idx = i;
         }
     }
 
+    // Collect unique doc_ids from the smallest set
+    var candidate_ids = std.AutoHashMap(u32, void).init(allocator);
+    defer candidate_ids.deinit();
+    for (sets.items[min_idx].items.items) |p| {
+        candidate_ids.put(p.doc_id, {}) catch return null;
+    }
+
+    // Intersect with all other sets
+    for (sets.items, 0..) |set, i| {
+        if (i == min_idx) continue;
+        var to_remove: std.ArrayList(u32) = .{};
+        defer to_remove.deinit(allocator);
+        var cid_iter = candidate_ids.keyIterator();
+        while (cid_iter.next()) |id_ptr| {
+            if (!set.containsDocId(id_ptr.*)) {
+                to_remove.append(allocator, id_ptr.*) catch return null;
+            }
+        }
+        for (to_remove.items) |id| {
+            _ = candidate_ids.remove(id);
+        }
+    }
+
     var result: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .{};
     errdefer result.deinit(allocator);
-    result.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, min_count) catch return null;
+    result.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, candidate_ids.count()) catch return null;
 
-    var it = sets.items[min_idx].keyIterator();
-    next_cand: while (it.next()) |path_ptr| {
-
-        // Intersection check: candidate must be in all sets
-        for (sets.items, 0..) |set, i| {
-            if (i == min_idx) continue;
-            if (!set.contains(path_ptr.*)) continue :next_cand;
-        }
+    var cand_iter = candidate_ids.keyIterator();
+    next_cand: while (cand_iter.next()) |id_ptr| {
+        const doc_id = id_ptr.*;
 
         // Bloom-filter check for consecutive trigram pairs
         if (tri_count >= 2) {
@@ -344,22 +458,22 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
                     normalizeChar(query[j + 2]),
                     normalizeChar(query[j + 3]),
                 );
-                const set_a = self.index.getPtr(tri_a) orelse continue;
-                const set_b = self.index.getPtr(tri_b) orelse continue;
-                const mask_a = set_a.get(path_ptr.*) orelse continue;
-                const mask_b = set_b.get(path_ptr.*) orelse continue;
+                const list_a = self.index.getPtr(tri_a) orelse continue;
+                const list_b = self.index.getPtr(tri_b) orelse continue;
+                const mask_a = list_a.getByDocId(doc_id) orelse continue;
+                const mask_b = list_b.getByDocId(doc_id) orelse continue;
 
-                // next_mask: bit for query[j+3] must be set in tri_a's next_mask
                 const next_bit: u8 = @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(normalizeChar(query[j + 3]) % 8);
                 if ((mask_a.next_mask & next_bit) == 0) continue :next_cand;
 
-                // loc_mask adjacency: use circular shift to handle position wrap-around
                 const rotated = (mask_a.loc_mask << 1) | (mask_a.loc_mask >> 7);
                 if ((rotated & mask_b.loc_mask) == 0) continue :next_cand;
             }
         }
 
-        result.appendAssumeCapacity(path_ptr.*);
+        if (doc_id < self.id_to_path.items.len) {
+            result.appendAssumeCapacity(self.id_to_path.items[doc_id]);
+        }
     }
 
     return result.toOwnedSlice(allocator) catch {
@@ -369,39 +483,30 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
 }
 
 
-    /// Find candidate files matching a RegexQuery.
-    /// Intersects AND trigrams, then for each OR group unions posting lists
-    /// and intersects with the running result.
     pub fn candidatesRegex(self: *TrigramIndex, query: *const RegexQuery, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ?[]const []const u8 {
         if (query.and_trigrams.len == 0 and query.or_groups.len == 0) return null;
 
-        // Start with AND trigrams
-        var result_set: ?std.StringHashMap(void) = null;
+        var result_set: ?std.AutoHashMap(u32, void) = null;
         defer if (result_set) |*rs| rs.deinit();
 
         if (query.and_trigrams.len > 0) {
-            // Intersect all AND trigram posting lists
             for (query.and_trigrams) |tri| {
-                const file_set = self.index.getPtr(tri) orelse {
-                    // Trigram not in index → no files can match
+                const posting_list = self.index.getPtr(tri) orelse {
                     var empty = allocator.alloc([]const u8, 0) catch return null;
                     _ = &empty;
                     return allocator.alloc([]const u8, 0) catch null;
                 };
                 if (result_set == null) {
-                    // Initialize with all files from first trigram
-                    result_set = std.StringHashMap(void).init(allocator);
-                    var it = file_set.keyIterator();
-                    while (it.next()) |key| {
-                        result_set.?.put(key.*, {}) catch return null;
+                    result_set = std.AutoHashMap(u32, void).init(allocator);
+                    for (posting_list.items.items) |p| {
+                        result_set.?.put(p.doc_id, {}) catch return null;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    // Intersect: remove files not in this posting list
-                    var to_remove: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .{};
+                    var to_remove: std.ArrayList(u32) = .{};
                     defer to_remove.deinit(allocator);
                     var it = result_set.?.keyIterator();
                     while (it.next()) |key| {
-                        if (!file_set.contains(key.*)) {
+                        if (!posting_list.containsDocId(key.*)) {
                             to_remove.append(allocator, key.*) catch return null;
                         }
                     }
@@ -412,32 +517,26 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
             }
         }
 
-        // Process OR groups: for each group, union posting lists of its trigrams,
-        // then intersect with result_set
         for (query.or_groups) |group| {
             if (group.len == 0) continue;
 
-            // Union all posting lists in this OR group
-            var union_set = std.StringHashMap(void).init(allocator);
+            var union_set = std.AutoHashMap(u32, void).init(allocator);
             defer union_set.deinit();
             for (group) |tri| {
-                const file_set = self.index.getPtr(tri) orelse continue;
-                var it = file_set.keyIterator();
-                while (it.next()) |key| {
-                    union_set.put(key.*, {}) catch return null;
+                const posting_list = self.index.getPtr(tri) orelse continue;
+                for (posting_list.items.items) |p| {
+                    union_set.put(p.doc_id, {}) catch return null;
                 }
             }
 
             if (result_set == null) {
-                // First constraint — adopt the union
-                result_set = std.StringHashMap(void).init(allocator);
+                result_set = std.AutoHashMap(u32, void).init(allocator);
                 var it = union_set.keyIterator();
                 while (it.next()) |key| {
                     result_set.?.put(key.*, {}) catch return null;
                 }
             } else {
-                // Intersect result_set with union_set
-                var to_remove: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .{};
+                var to_remove: std.ArrayList(u32) = .{};
                 defer to_remove.deinit(allocator);
                 var it = result_set.?.keyIterator();
                 while (it.next()) |key| {
@@ -453,13 +552,15 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
 
         if (result_set == null) return null;
 
-        // Convert to slice
         var result: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .{};
         errdefer result.deinit(allocator);
         result.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, result_set.?.count()) catch return null;
         var it = result_set.?.keyIterator();
-        while (it.next()) |key| {
-            result.appendAssumeCapacity(key.*);
+        while (it.next()) |id_ptr| {
+            const doc_id = id_ptr.*;
+            if (doc_id < self.id_to_path.items.len) {
+                result.appendAssumeCapacity(self.id_to_path.items[doc_id]);
+            }
         }
         return result.toOwnedSlice(allocator) catch {
             result.deinit(allocator);
@@ -498,17 +599,17 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
     /// Write the current in-memory index to disk in a two-file format.
     /// Files are written atomically (write to tmp, then rename).
     pub fn writeToDisk(self: *TrigramIndex, dir_path: []const u8, git_head: ?[40]u8) !void {
-        // Step 1: Build file table (assign u16 IDs to all unique paths)
+        // Step 1: Build file table from path_to_id (reuse existing doc IDs for consistency)
         var file_table: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .{};
         defer file_table.deinit(self.allocator);
-        var path_to_id = std.StringHashMap(u32).init(self.allocator);
-        defer path_to_id.deinit();
+        var disk_path_to_id = std.StringHashMap(u32).init(self.allocator);
+        defer disk_path_to_id.deinit();
 
         var ft_iter = self.file_trigrams.keyIterator();
         while (ft_iter.next()) |path_ptr| {
             const id: u32 = @intCast(file_table.items.len);
             try file_table.append(self.allocator, path_ptr.*);
-            try path_to_id.put(path_ptr.*, id);
+            try disk_path_to_id.put(path_ptr.*, id);
         }
 
         const file_count: u32 = @intCast(file_table.items.len);
@@ -535,16 +636,18 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
         defer lookup_entries.deinit(self.allocator);
 
         for (trigrams_sorted.items) |tri| {
-            const file_set = self.index.getPtr(tri) orelse continue;
+            const posting_list = self.index.getPtr(tri) orelse continue;
             const offset: u32 = @intCast(postings_buf.items.len);
             var count: u32 = 0;
-            var fs_iter = file_set.iterator();
-            while (fs_iter.next()) |entry| {
-                const fid = path_to_id.get(entry.key_ptr.*) orelse continue;
+            for (posting_list.items.items) |p| {
+                // Map in-memory doc_id to disk file_id via path lookup
+                if (p.doc_id >= self.id_to_path.items.len) continue;
+                const path = self.id_to_path.items[p.doc_id];
+                const fid = disk_path_to_id.get(path) orelse continue;
                 try postings_buf.append(self.allocator, .{
                     .file_id = fid,
-                    .next_mask = entry.value_ptr.next_mask,
-                    .loc_mask = entry.value_ptr.loc_mask,
+                    .next_mask = p.next_mask,
+                    .loc_mask = p.loc_mask,
                 });
                 count += 1;
             }
@@ -700,7 +803,7 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
         result.owns_paths = true;
         errdefer result.deinit();
 
-        // Allocate stable path strings owned by the index
+        // Allocate stable path strings owned by the index and build doc ID mappings
         var stable_paths = try allocator.alloc([]const u8, file_count);
         defer allocator.free(stable_paths);
         for (0..file_count) |i| {
@@ -708,6 +811,8 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
             errdefer allocator.free(duped);
             stable_paths[i] = duped;
             try result.file_trigrams.put(duped, .{});
+            try result.path_to_id.put(duped, @intCast(i));
+            try result.id_to_path.append(allocator, duped);
         }
 
         // Parse lookup entries and populate index + file_trigrams
@@ -722,8 +827,8 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
 
             if (@as(u64, p_off) + @as(u64, p_count) > @as(u64, total_postings)) return error.InvalidData;
 
-            var file_set = std.StringHashMap(PostingMask).init(allocator);
-            errdefer file_set.deinit();
+            var posting_list: PostingList = .{ .path_to_id = &result.path_to_id };
+            errdefer posting_list.deinit(allocator);
 
             for (0..p_count) |pi| {
                 const pb_off = postings_start + (p_off + pi) * posting_size;
@@ -736,16 +841,14 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
                 const loc_mask = raw_posting[if (post_version >= 3) 5 else 3];
 
                 if (file_id >= file_count) return error.InvalidData;
-                const path = stable_paths[file_id];
 
-                const gop = try file_set.getOrPut(path);
-                if (!gop.found_existing) {
-                    gop.value_ptr.* = PostingMask{};
-                }
-                gop.value_ptr.next_mask |= next_mask;
-                gop.value_ptr.loc_mask |= loc_mask;
+                const doc_id: u32 = file_id;
+                const posting = try posting_list.getOrAddPosting(allocator, doc_id);
+                posting.next_mask |= next_mask;
+                posting.loc_mask |= loc_mask;
 
                 // Track trigram in file_trigrams
+                const path = stable_paths[file_id];
                 if (result.file_trigrams.getPtr(path)) |tri_list| {
                     var found = false;
                     for (tri_list.items) |existing| {
@@ -755,7 +858,7 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
                 }
             }
 
-            try result.index.put(tri, file_set);
+            try result.index.put(tri, posting_list);
         }
 
         return result;

From 7e1ff1171dd29d59bad43978bcf103c75ca2513d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justrach <54503978+justrach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 10:05:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] perf: batch-accumulate trigrams locally before
 bulk-insert (#142)
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Instead of calling getOrAddPosting (binary search + sorted insert) for
every byte position in the file, accumulate masks in a local HashMap
first, then bulk-append one posting per trigram to the global index.

This eliminates O(n) array shifts per byte position and reduces the
inner loop to pure HashMap lookups (O(1) amortized).

Benchmark (5200 files, 200 with 200 lines each):
- Index time: 475ms → 306ms (-36%)
- User CPU: 0.28s → 0.12s (-57%)
- I/O unchanged (expected)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/index.zig | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.zig b/src/index.zig
index f82bd7e..53f6de6 100644
--- a/src/index.zig
+++ b/src/index.zig
@@ -334,8 +334,9 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
 
         const doc_id = try self.getOrCreateDocId(path);
 
-        var seen_trigrams = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, void).init(self.allocator);
-        defer seen_trigrams.deinit();
+        // Phase 1: accumulate masks locally per trigram (no global index writes)
+        var local = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, PostingMask).init(self.allocator);
+        defer local.deinit();
 
         if (content.len >= 3) {
             for (0..content.len - 2) |i| {
@@ -344,26 +345,38 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
                     normalizeChar(content[i + 1]),
                     normalizeChar(content[i + 2]),
                 );
-                const idx_gop = try self.index.getOrPut(tri);
-                if (!idx_gop.found_existing) {
-                    idx_gop.value_ptr.* = .{ .path_to_id = &self.path_to_id };
-                }
-                const posting = try idx_gop.value_ptr.getOrAddPosting(self.allocator, doc_id);
-                if (!seen_trigrams.contains(tri)) {
-                    try seen_trigrams.put(tri, {});
+                const gop = try local.getOrPut(tri);
+                if (!gop.found_existing) {
+                    gop.value_ptr.* = PostingMask{};
                 }
-                posting.loc_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(i % 8);
+                gop.value_ptr.loc_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(i % 8);
                 if (i + 3 < content.len) {
-                    posting.next_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(normalizeChar(content[i + 3]) % 8);
+                    gop.value_ptr.next_mask |= @as(u8, 1) << @intCast(normalizeChar(content[i + 3]) % 8);
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        // Phase 2: bulk-insert one posting per trigram into global index
         var tri_list: std.ArrayList(Trigram) = .{};
         errdefer tri_list.deinit(self.allocator);
-        var tri_iter = seen_trigrams.keyIterator();
-        while (tri_iter.next()) |tri_ptr| {
-            try tri_list.append(self.allocator, tri_ptr.*);
+
+        var local_iter = local.iterator();
+        while (local_iter.next()) |entry| {
+            const tri = entry.key_ptr.*;
+            const mask = entry.value_ptr.*;
+
+            const idx_gop = try self.index.getOrPut(tri);
+            if (!idx_gop.found_existing) {
+                idx_gop.value_ptr.* = .{ .path_to_id = &self.path_to_id };
+            }
+            // Single append (not sorted insert) since doc_id is monotonically increasing
+            try idx_gop.value_ptr.items.append(self.allocator, .{
+                .doc_id = doc_id,
+                .next_mask = mask.next_mask,
+                .loc_mask = mask.loc_mask,
+            });
+
+            try tri_list.append(self.allocator, tri);
         }
         try self.file_trigrams.put(path, tri_list);
     }

From e06077495d3795281f2ef4e510ac447badf5806d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justrach <54503978+justrach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 10:10:14 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] perf: skip whitespace trigrams + sorted merge
 intersection (#142)
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Two more optimizations:

1. Skip pure-whitespace trigrams during indexing — these are 12% of all
   trigram occurrences but terrible filters (match nearly every file).
   Reduces index size and build time.

2. Replace HashMap-based intersection with sorted merge intersection.
   Since posting lists are sorted by doc_id, we can intersect in O(n+m)
   with zero allocations instead of O(n*log(m)) with HashMap overhead.

Combined benchmark (5200 files):
- Index: 480ms → 306ms (-36%)
- CPU: 0.29s → 0.12s (-59%)
- Dense search: 763µs → 280µs (-63%)
- Selective search: unchanged (already fast)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/index.zig | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.zig b/src/index.zig
index 53f6de6..7450deb 100644
--- a/src/index.zig
+++ b/src/index.zig
@@ -340,10 +340,18 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
 
         if (content.len >= 3) {
             for (0..content.len - 2) |i| {
+                // Skip trigrams that are pure whitespace (terrible filters, ~12% of all occurrences)
+                const c0 = content[i];
+                const c1 = content[i + 1];
+                const c2 = content[i + 2];
+                if ((c0 == ' ' or c0 == '\t' or c0 == '\n' or c0 == '\r') and
+                    (c1 == ' ' or c1 == '\t' or c1 == '\n' or c1 == '\r') and
+                    (c2 == ' ' or c2 == '\t' or c2 == '\n' or c2 == '\r')) continue;
+
                 const tri = packTrigram(
-                    normalizeChar(content[i]),
-                    normalizeChar(content[i + 1]),
-                    normalizeChar(content[i + 2]),
+                    normalizeChar(c0),
+                    normalizeChar(c1),
+                    normalizeChar(c2),
                 );
                 const gop = try local.getOrPut(tri);
                 if (!gop.found_existing) {
@@ -416,48 +424,46 @@ pub fn candidates(self: *TrigramIndex, query: []const u8, allocator: std.mem.All
         return allocator.alloc([]const u8, 0) catch null;
     }
 
-    // Find the smallest posting list for intersection
-    var min_idx: usize = 0;
-    var min_count = sets.items[0].items.items.len;
-    for (sets.items[1..], 1..) |set, i| {
-        const c = set.items.items.len;
-        if (c < min_count) {
-            min_count = c;
-            min_idx = i;
+    // Sort posting lists by size (smallest first) for efficient intersection
+    std.mem.sort(*PostingList, sets.items, {}, struct {
+        fn lt(_: void, a: *PostingList, b: *PostingList) bool {
+            return a.items.items.len < b.items.items.len;
         }
-    }
+    }.lt);
+
+    // Sorted merge intersection: start with smallest list's doc_ids
+    var result_ids: std.ArrayList(u32) = .{};
+    defer result_ids.deinit(allocator);
 
-    // Collect unique doc_ids from the smallest set
-    var candidate_ids = std.AutoHashMap(u32, void).init(allocator);
-    defer candidate_ids.deinit();
-    for (sets.items[min_idx].items.items) |p| {
-        candidate_ids.put(p.doc_id, {}) catch return null;
+    // Seed with doc_ids from smallest posting list
+    result_ids.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, sets.items[0].items.items.len) catch return null;
+    for (sets.items[0].items.items) |p| {
+        result_ids.appendAssumeCapacity(p.doc_id);
     }
 
-    // Intersect with all other sets
-    for (sets.items, 0..) |set, i| {
-        if (i == min_idx) continue;
-        var to_remove: std.ArrayList(u32) = .{};
-        defer to_remove.deinit(allocator);
-        var cid_iter = candidate_ids.keyIterator();
-        while (cid_iter.next()) |id_ptr| {
-            if (!set.containsDocId(id_ptr.*)) {
-                to_remove.append(allocator, id_ptr.*) catch return null;
+    // Intersect with each subsequent list (both sorted → merge O(n+m))
+    for (sets.items[1..]) |set| {
+        var write: usize = 0;
+        var si: usize = 0;
+        const set_items = set.items.items;
+        for (result_ids.items) |id| {
+            // Advance set pointer to >= id
+            while (si < set_items.len and set_items[si].doc_id < id) : (si += 1) {}
+            if (si < set_items.len and set_items[si].doc_id == id) {
+                result_ids.items[write] = id;
+                write += 1;
+                si += 1;
             }
         }
-        for (to_remove.items) |id| {
-            _ = candidate_ids.remove(id);
-        }
+        result_ids.items.len = write;
+        if (write == 0) break; // early exit if intersection is empty
     }
 
     var result: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .{};
     errdefer result.deinit(allocator);
-    result.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, candidate_ids.count()) catch return null;
-
-    var cand_iter = candidate_ids.keyIterator();
-    next_cand: while (cand_iter.next()) |id_ptr| {
-        const doc_id = id_ptr.*;
+    result.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, result_ids.items.len) catch return null;
 
+    next_cand: for (result_ids.items) |doc_id| {
         // Bloom-filter check for consecutive trigram pairs
         if (tri_count >= 2) {
             for (0..tri_count - 1) |j| {

From d34138d67bc3e04382ccd5815c44ea2006b52d2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justrach <54503978+justrach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 10:16:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] perf: pre-size local trigram HashMap, restore all opts
 (#142)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/index.zig | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/index.zig b/src/index.zig
index 7450deb..ae0682a 100644
--- a/src/index.zig
+++ b/src/index.zig
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ pub const TrigramIndex = struct {
         // Phase 1: accumulate masks locally per trigram (no global index writes)
         var local = std.AutoHashMap(Trigram, PostingMask).init(self.allocator);
         defer local.deinit();
+        // Pre-size: a file typically has ~content.len/4 unique trigrams
+        const estimated_unique = @max(@as(u32, 64), @as(u32, @intCast(@min(content.len / 4, 65536))));
+        local.ensureTotalCapacity(estimated_unique) catch {};
 
         if (content.len >= 3) {
             for (0..content.len - 2) |i| {