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[Feature request] Add aliases to workspace symbols #263
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Oh yea this is a good idea!
Would you be up for implementing this?
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Hi! Checking in to see if this is still available to work on. I noticed the previous intent comment from ~3 weeks ago and the open PR #435. If the current PR is stalled or you would like a fresh pair of eyes on this implementation, I would be happy to help out.
/attempt #263
/attempt #263
Plan: add actual workspace-symbol alias entries, not only regression coverage. I will trace the existing metadata alias model and symbol provider, add focused tests showing aliases are returned alongside the canonical file symbol, and submit a narrow PR after cargo fmt/test.
/attempt #263
I am adding focused regression coverage that constructs a real vault with frontmatter aliases and verifies workspace symbols return those aliases both for empty client queries and alias searches.
Pushed a formatting cleanup to the existing PR and verified the alias regression test still passes locally. The branch is back in a clean state on my side.
/attempt #263
Plan: aliases are already emitted by
Vault::to_symbol_informationson main; the missing piece is regression coverage proving they reachworkspace/symbolclients. I will add a focused test that builds a real vault with frontmatter aliases and verifies aliases are returned for both the empty-query listing path (Telescope/vim.lsp.buf.workspace_symbol()) and alias-name queries, while filename queries still resolve to the canonical symbol./attempt #263
Plan: alias emission already lives in
Vault::to_symbol_informationson main. Open PRs #435/#463/#467/#470 only assert symbol names. This attempt adds picker-facingcontainer_nameon alias symbols, skips empty/duplicate aliases, strengthens regression coverage (empty query, fuzzy alias query, URI/kind parity, no-alias files), and updates the docs so workspace symbols mention frontmatter aliases./attempt #263
Plan: aliases already emit from Vault::to_symbol_informations on main. Differentiating by setting container_name on alias symbols to the canonical refname (so Telescope / vim.lsp.buf.workspace_symbol() pickers show where the alias points), skipping blank/duplicate aliases, normalizing nested-note separators, and adding regression coverage for empty-query listing plus alias fuzzy search.
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on Sep 28, 2026
Right now, only link completion suggests aliases. It would be nice if they were returned by workspace symbols too, e.g. from Telescope or
vim.lsp.buf.workspace_symbol()in Neovim.