From 31c949a495ff303f6ed319d2cd0547bb389ce408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timo Borer <timoborer@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:42:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Return correct result on empty query

y <nothing> now moves to ~ instead of /. The location can be configured
by setting the LACY_NO_ARGS_PATH env variable.
---
 src/cmd/prompt.rs | 10 +++++++++-
 src/query.rs      |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/prompt.rs b/src/cmd/prompt.rs
index 9e5ca23..d50d1aa 100644
--- a/src/cmd/prompt.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/prompt.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{collections::HashSet, fs, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, env, fs, path::PathBuf};
 
 use crate::{
     cmd::{Prompt, Run},
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ impl Run for Prompt {
     fn run(&self) {
         let query = Query::from(self.query.clone());
 
+        if query.parts().is_empty() {
+            println!(
+                "{}",
+                env::var("LACY_NO_ARGS_PATH").unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from("~"))
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
         /*
         _ if first_query_part.starts_with("-")
                 && !first_query_part
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index d3bdce2..a769d73 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ pub struct Query {
 impl From<String> for Query {
     fn from(query: String) -> Self {
         let mut enhanced_query = query.clone().trim().replace("  ", " ");
+        if enhanced_query.trim().is_empty() {
+            return Query {
+                query,
+                parts: vec![],
+            };
+        }
         if enhanced_query.starts_with("/") {
             enhanced_query = format!("##ROOT## {}", enhanced_query.strip_prefix("/").unwrap());
         }