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+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import OriginalSearchBar from '@theme-original/SearchBar';
+
+export default function SearchBarWrapper(props) {
+  const searchBarRef = useRef(null);
+  
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Function to intercept and modify autocomplete behavior
+    const interceptAutocomplete = () => {
+      const searchInput = document.querySelector('.navbar__search-input');
+      if (!searchInput) return;
+      
+      // Store reference to the input element
+      searchBarRef.current = searchInput;
+      
+      // Check if autocomplete is initialized
+      if (searchInput && searchInput.autocomplete) {
+        const autocompleteInstance = searchInput.autocomplete;
+        
+        // Get the original getVal and setVal methods
+        const originalGetVal = autocompleteInstance.getVal.bind(autocompleteInstance);
+        const originalSetVal = autocompleteInstance.setVal.bind(autocompleteInstance);
+        
+        // Override getVal to process period-prefixed terms
+        autocompleteInstance.getVal = function() {
+          const val = originalGetVal();
+          return processQuery(val);
+        };
+        
+        // Also intercept the dropdown's source function if possible
+        if (autocompleteInstance.dropdown && autocompleteInstance.dropdown.datasets) {
+          autocompleteInstance.dropdown.datasets.forEach(dataset => {
+            if (dataset.source) {
+              const originalSource = dataset.source;
+              dataset.source = function(query, cb) {
+                // Process the query before sending to search
+                const processedQuery = processQuery(query);
+                return originalSource.call(this, processedQuery, cb);
+              };
+            }
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    
+    // Function to process queries with period-prefixed terms
+    const processQuery = (query) => {
+      if (!query) return query;
+      
+      // Check if the query contains period-prefixed terms like .gitignore or .rooignore
+      const periodPrefixedPattern = /\B\.\w+/g;
+      const matches = query.match(periodPrefixedPattern);
+      
+      if (matches && matches.length > 0) {
+        // For each period-prefixed term, add an OR clause with the term without period
+        let processedQuery = query;
+        
+        matches.forEach(match => {
+          const termWithoutPeriod = match.substring(1); // Remove the leading period
+          // Replace the term with an OR expression
+          processedQuery = processedQuery.replace(
+            match,
+            `(${match} OR ${termWithoutPeriod})`
+          );
+        });
+        
+        return processedQuery;
+      }
+      
+      return query;
+    };
+    
+    // Try to intercept immediately
+    interceptAutocomplete();
+    
+    // Also set up a MutationObserver to catch when the search bar is added to DOM
+    const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+      interceptAutocomplete();
+    });
+    
+    // Observe the navbar for changes
+    const navbar = document.querySelector('.navbar');
+    if (navbar) {
+      observer.observe(navbar, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+    }
+    
+    // Set up periodic checks as a fallback
+    const intervalId = setInterval(interceptAutocomplete, 500);
+    
+    // Clean up after 10 seconds
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+      clearInterval(intervalId);
+      observer.disconnect();
+    }, 10000);
+    
+    return () => {
+      clearInterval(intervalId);
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+      observer.disconnect();
+    };
+  }, []);
+  
+  return <OriginalSearchBar {...props} />;
+}
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