From 010104b2dd3b5bfdd5663d2b235318e56602a607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Varland <varl@vlv.io>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:45:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: change limit to unlimited by default

---
 README.md                 | 8 +++++---
 internal/search/search.go | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe86fc0..7a342e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ hs() {
     esac
 
     local entry="$(
-        verbatim search --compact --reverse "$@" | \
+        verbatim search --compact --reverse --limit 10000 "$@" | \
         fzf --ansi --disabled --query "${*:-}" \
-            --bind "start:reload:verbatim search --compact --reverse {q}" \
-            --bind "change:reload:sleep 0.1; verbatim search --compact --reverse {q} || true"
+            --bind "start:reload:verbatim search --compact --reverse --limit 10000 {q}" \
+            --bind "change:reload:sleep 0.1; verbatim search --compact --reverse --limit 10000 {q} || true" \
+            --bind "ctrl-a:reload:verbatim search --compact --reverse {q}" \
+            --header "ctrl-a: search all"
     )"
 
     local entry_cmd="$(<<<$entry sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' | awk '{ print substr($0, index($0, $5)) }')"
diff --git a/internal/search/search.go b/internal/search/search.go
index f1dfe49..aef1398 100644
--- a/internal/search/search.go
+++ b/internal/search/search.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func Run(d *sql.DB, args []string) error {
 	dir := fs.String("dir", "", "filter by working directory")
 	after := fs.String("after", "", "filter entries after timestamp")
 	before := fs.String("before", "", "filter entries before timestamp")
-	limit := fs.Int("limit", 10000, "max results")
+	limit := fs.Int("limit", 0, "max results (0 = unlimited)")
 	reverse := fs.Bool("reverse", false, "newest first")
 	compact := fs.Bool("compact", false, "compact output with color")
 	fs.Parse(args)
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ func Run(d *sql.DB, args []string) error {
 	if len(where) > 0 {
 		inner += " WHERE " + strings.Join(where, " AND ")
 	}
-	inner += " ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT ?"
-	params = append(params, *limit)
+	inner += " ORDER BY timestamp DESC"
+	if *limit > 0 {
+		inner += " LIMIT ?"
+		params = append(params, *limit)
+	}
 
 	outerOrder := "ASC"
 	if *reverse {