Entering bower search lists all packages which takes a while

[heinst]

Entering bower search with no entry causes bower to list all packages, this process takes a long time. As an alternative maybe bower should say no search was entered and then ask the user if they would like to list all packages instead of being hung up for about 10 seconds

Resolved by Pull #2074

[tejgop]

Good idea, either that or bower should return nothing.

[eppeters]

I think it is better to be explicit and let the user know their query failed because it needed more information. Alternatively, we could warn: This will list all (more than X) Bower packages, and will take a while. Continue? y/N

[tejgop]

Actually there should be a threshold, like 100 to give that warning.

[sheerun]

Any PR that improves this behaviour is welcome

[heinst]

Pull request #2074 resolves this issue

[segrey]

Hi guys!
Is there now a way to retrieve all bower packages using cli? It's a needed operation for WebStorm Bower integration. Previously, IDE just run bower search --json and parsed JSON output.

[sheerun]

It turns out the implementation AND tests are wrong... We should display all packages when --json is passed.

[eppeters]

I can work on fixing this today if no one else is.

[segrey]

Thank you for the fast respond. Yep, --json would be a good trigger. Meanwhile, bower search "" --json is used as a workaround. FYI, I think I observed several time some text prefix (like some debug output) before JSON body result. Unfortunately, it cannot be reproduced anymore.

[segrey]

Thank you for the quick turnaround!