fix: preserve literal CLI search patterns on Windows

pyproject.toml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [project.scripts]
 cocoindex-code = "cocoindex_code:main"
-ccc = "cocoindex_code.cli:app"
+ccc = "cocoindex_code.cli:main"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex-code"

src/cocoindex_code/cli.py

@@ -1164,6 +1164,11 @@ def run_daemon_cmd() -> None:
     run_daemon()
 
 
+def main() -> None:
+    """Run the CLI without expanding literal search patterns on Windows."""
+    app(windows_expand_args=False)
+
+
 # Allow running as module: python -m cocoindex_code.cli
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app()
+    main()

tests/test_cli_entrypoint.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Exercise argv parsing through both user-facing CLI entry points."""
+
+import os
+import runpy
+import sys
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+import pytest
+import typer.core
+
+from cocoindex_code import client
+from cocoindex_code.protocol import SearchResponse
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("entrypoint", ["console", "module"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("query", ["some query", "docs/*"])
+def test_windows_search_preserves_globs(
+    entrypoint: str, query: str, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """Matching local files must not replace search terms or path filters."""
+    docs = tmp_path / "docs"
+    docs.mkdir()
+    (docs / "a.md").write_text("first document", encoding="utf-8")
+    (docs / "b.md").write_text("second document", encoding="utf-8")
+    project_settings = tmp_path / ".cocoindex_code"
+    project_settings.mkdir()
+    (project_settings / "settings.yml").write_text("include_patterns: []", encoding="utf-8")
+    user_settings = tmp_path / "ccc_home"
+    user_settings.mkdir()
+    (user_settings / "global_settings.yml").write_text(
+        "embedding:\n  model: test\n  provider: litellm\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setenv("COCOINDEX_CODE_DIR", str(user_settings))
+    monkeypatch.delenv("COCOINDEX_CODE_HOST_CWD", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", ["ccc", "search", query, "--path", "docs/*"])
+    # Only select Typer's Windows parsing branch; leave pathlib's OS unchanged.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(typer.core, "os", SimpleNamespace(**(vars(os) | {"name": "nt"})))
+    search = Mock(return_value=SearchResponse(success=True))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(client, "search", search)
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+        if entrypoint == "console":
+            entry = next(
+                entry
+                for entry in distribution("cocoindex-code").entry_points
+                if entry.group == "console_scripts" and entry.name == "ccc"
+            )
+            entry.load()()
+        else:
+            # Other tests import cli during collection; runpy needs a fresh module.
+            monkeypatch.delitem(sys.modules, "cocoindex_code.cli", raising=False)
+            runpy.run_module("cocoindex_code.cli", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)
+
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 0
+    search.assert_called_once()
+    assert search.call_args.kwargs["query"] == query
+    assert search.call_args.kwargs["paths"] == ["docs/*"]