Support search plugins by name and description

.gitignore

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 *.so
 *.dylib
 
+# Files generated by JetBrains IDEs, e.g. IntelliJ IDEA
+.idea/
+
 # Test binary, build with `go test -c`
 *.test
 

cmd/krew/cmd/search.go

@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ Examples:
 		}
 
 		pluginCanonicalNames := make([]string, len(plugins))
+		pluginDescriptions := make([]string, len(plugins))
 		pluginCanonicalNameMap := make(map[string]pluginEntry, len(plugins))
 		for i, p := range plugins {
 			cn := canonicalName(p.p, p.indexName)
 			pluginCanonicalNames[i] = cn
+			pluginDescriptions[i] = p.p.Spec.ShortDescription
 			pluginCanonicalNameMap[cn] = p
 		}
 
@@ -80,15 +82,8 @@ Examples:
 			installed[cn] = true
 		}
 
-		var searchResults []string
-		if len(args) > 0 {
-			matches := fuzzy.Find(strings.Join(args, ""), pluginCanonicalNames)
-			for _, m := range matches {
-				searchResults = append(searchResults, m.Str)
-			}
-		} else {
-			searchResults = pluginCanonicalNames
-		}
+		keyword := strings.Join(args, "")
+		searchResults := searchByNameAndDesc(keyword, pluginCanonicalNames, pluginDescriptions)
 
 		// No plugins found
 		if len(searchResults) == 0 {
@@ -118,6 +113,32 @@ Examples:
 	PreRunE: checkIndex,
 }
 
+func searchByNameAndDesc(keyword string, names, descs []string) []string {
+	var searchResults []string
+	if keyword == "" {
+		return names
+	}
+
+	// find by names
+	matches := fuzzy.Find(keyword, names)
+	searchResultsMap := make(map[int]bool)
+	for _, m := range matches {
+		searchResults = append(searchResults, m.Str)
+		searchResultsMap[m.Index] = true
+	}
+
+	// find by short descriptions
+	fuzzyMatches := fuzzy.Find(keyword, descs)
+	for _, m := range fuzzyMatches {
+		// use map to deduplicate and score > 0 to match more accurately
+		if _, exist := searchResultsMap[m.Index]; !exist && m.Score > 0 {
+			searchResults = append(searchResults, names[m.Index])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return searchResults
+}
+
 func limitString(s string, length int) string {
 	if len(s) > length && length > 3 {
 		s = s[:length-3] + "..."

cmd/krew/cmd/search_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func Test_searchByNameAndDesc(t *testing.T) {
+	keyword := "config"
+	testPlugins := []struct {
+		names    []string
+		descs    []string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			names: []string{"switch-config", "ctx", "kc"},
+			descs: []string{
+				" Switches between kubeconfig files",
+				"Switch between contexts in your kubeconfig",
+				"Interactive CRUD operations to manage kubeconfig",
+			},
+			expected: []string{"switch-config", "ctx", "kc"},
+		},
+		{
+			names: []string{"ns", "ctx", "kc"},
+			descs: []string{
+				"Switch between Kubernetes namespaces",
+				"Switch between contexts in your kubeconfig",
+				"Interactive CRUD operations to manage kubeconfig",
+			},
+			expected: []string{"ctx", "kc"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tp := range testPlugins {
+		t.Run(tp.names[0], func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := searchByNameAndDesc(keyword, tp.names, tp.descs)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tp.expected, result); diff != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("expected %v does not match got %v", tp.expected, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}