# search: count --all-repos in the empty-query fast-fail guard

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alishakawaguchi·1mo ago·1 file·+4 added/-1 removed

The non-interactive "query required" guard built its own hasFilters without
--all-repos, so `entire search --all-repos --json` (or piped/accessible) with
an empty query errored instead of running a wildcard search. Mirror
search.Config.HasFilters here (the guard runs before git/auth, so it can't
call searchCfg.HasFilters() directly).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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## Changes

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- cmd/entire/cli

- Msearch_cmd.go+4/-1

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w := cmd.OutOrStdout()
            isTerminal := interactive.IsTerminalWriter(w)
            hasFilters := authorFlag != "" || dateFlag != "" || branchFlag != "" || len(repos) > 0
            // Mirror search.Config.HasFilters (incl. --all-repos) so an empty
            // query with only filters isn't rejected here. This guard runs
            // before git/auth, so it can't call searchCfg.HasFilters() directly.
            hasFilters := authorFlag != "" || dateFlag != "" || branchFlag != "" || len(repos) > 0 || allRepos

// Fast-fail: no query + non-interactive mode = error (before auth/git checks)
            if query == "" && !hasFilters && (jsonOutput || !isTerminal || IsAccessibleMode()) {
```