From c4c4e782fb84a250da27676c3ffc9eeea9269604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Collin <git@tannercollin.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:21:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Correct single-word query ranking to prioritize headings

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-2.5-pro) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 src/search/search-engine.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/search/search-engine.ts b/src/search/search-engine.ts
index da0f9ea..513b024 100644
--- a/src/search/search-engine.ts
+++ b/src/search/search-engine.ts
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ export class SearchEngine {
       let bestMatch: SearchMatch | undefined
       if (
         matches.length > 0 &&
+        (query.query.text.length > 1 || query.getExactTerms().length > 0) &&
         query.getBestStringForExcerpt() &&
         matches[0].match.toLowerCase() === query.getBestStringForExcerpt()
       ) {