From 77a015b96db8727bb12d0869f180a44d087f6319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukasz Kasprzak <lukas@labunix.xyz>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:11:33 +0200
Subject: an undecided (stop) rule ends the search for that file

---
 internal/engine/exclude_test.go | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)

(limited to 'internal/engine/exclude_test.go')

diff --git a/internal/engine/exclude_test.go b/internal/engine/exclude_test.go
index 7069623..7d9ce2a 100644
--- a/internal/engine/exclude_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/exclude_test.go
@@ -576,3 +576,44 @@ func TestDuplicateExcludeFailsClosed(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestUndecidedStopRuleStops: a (stop) rule whose condition cannot be
+// decided ends the search for that file, so a later rule does not act on a
+// file the stop rule was written to keep (plan 12).
+func TestUndecidedStopRuleStops(t *testing.T) {
+	big := "confidential " + strings.Repeat("x", 2048)
+	h, dl := excludeTree(t, map[string]string{"big.txt": big, "small.txt": "nothing"})
+	main := writeConfig(t, h, `(include "dl")`, map[string]string{"dl": `
+(path "~/dl")
+(max-read 1K)
+(rule "keep" (when (content "confidential")) (stop))
+(rule "all" (move "Out"))
+`})
+	e, errs := Load(main)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errs)
+	}
+	r, err := e.Match(context.Background(), e.Dirs[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, fm := range append(append([]FileMatch{}, r.Matched...), r.Unmatched...) {
+		switch fm.File.Rel {
+		case "big.txt":
+			if len(fm.Rules) != 0 || len(fm.Warnings) == 0 {
+				t.Errorf("big.txt: rules %d, warnings %v; want no rule and the warning", len(fm.Rules), fm.Warnings)
+			}
+		case "small.txt":
+			if len(fm.Rules) != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("small.txt: rules %d; want the move", len(fm.Rules))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	x, err := e.Explain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "big.txt"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(x.Rules) != 2 || x.Rules[1].Stopped != "stopped by rule keep, which could not be decided" {
+		t.Errorf("explain rules = %+v; want all stopped by the undecided keep", x.Rules)
+	}
+}
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