From 0ba2e05a6f11cf3b0ced660e67830e82ceac42ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roberto Vidal <roberto.vidal@ikumene.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:22:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: escape percent character when yanking to search register
 (#12886)

Co-authored-by: Michael Davis <mcarsondavis@gmail.com>
---
 helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
index 3986ad479..a6ce91a67 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
@@ -1079,7 +1079,15 @@ impl<I: 'static + Send + Sync, D: 'static + Send + Sync> Component for Picker<I,
                     .first_history_completion(ctx.editor)
                     .filter(|_| self.prompt.line().is_empty())
                 {
-                    self.prompt.set_line(completion.to_string(), ctx.editor);
+                    // The percent character is used by the query language and needs to be
+                    // escaped with a backslash.
+                    let completion = if completion.contains('%') {
+                        completion.replace('%', "\\%")
+                    } else {
+                        completion.into_owned()
+                    };
+                    self.prompt.set_line(completion, ctx.editor);
+
                     // Inserting from the history register is a paste.
                     self.handle_prompt_change(true);
                 } else {