Special-case 'me' values in search queries (#11043)

src/lib/strings/helpers.ts

@@ -47,30 +47,12 @@ export function countLines(str: string | undefined): number {
   return str.match(/\n/g)?.length ?? 0
 }
 
-// Augments search query with additional syntax like `from:me`
-export function augmentSearchQuery(query: string, {did}: {did?: string}) {
-  // Don't do anything if there's no DID
-  if (!did) {
-    return query
-  }
-
-  // replace “smart quotes” with normal ones
-  // iOS keyboard will add fancy unicode quotes, but only normal ones work
-  query = query.replaceAll(/[“”]/g, '"')
-
-  // We don't want to replace substrings that are being "quoted" because those
-  // are exact string matches, so what we'll do here is to split them apart
-
-  // Even-indexed strings are unquoted, odd-indexed strings are quoted
-  const splits = query.split(/("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")/g)
-
-  return splits
-    .map((str, idx) => {
-      if (idx % 2 === 0) {
-        return str.replaceAll(/(^|\s)from:me(\s|$)/g, `$1${did}$2`)
-      }
-
-      return str
-    })
-    .join('')
+/**
+ * Normalizes a raw search query for the backend. The iOS keyboard inserts smart
+ * quotes, but only straight quotes work for exact-phrase matching. Operators
+ * like `from:me` are passed through untouched - the backend resolves `me` to
+ * the viewer.
+ */
+export function augmentSearchQuery(query: string) {
+  return query.replaceAll(/[“”]/g, '"')
 }