Ripgrep stability and crash tracking (#275)

* Ripgrep stability and crash tracking

* Update src/search-manager.ts

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* Update src/npm-scripts/verify-ripgrep.ts

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Author: wonderwhy-er

package-lock.json

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "testemonials"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "node dist/track-installation.js",
+    "postinstall": "node dist/track-installation.js && node dist/npm-scripts/verify-ripgrep.js || true",
     "open-chat": "open -n /Applications/Claude.app",
     "sync-version": "node scripts/sync-version.js",
     "bump": "node scripts/sync-version.js --bump",

package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Verify ripgrep binary availability after installation
+ * This runs after npm install to warn users if ripgrep is not available
+ */
+
+import { getRipgrepPath } from '../utils/ripgrep-resolver.js';
+
+async function verifyRipgrep() {
+  try {
+    const path = await getRipgrepPath();
+    console.log(`✓ ripgrep found at: ${path}`);
+    process.exit(0);
+  } catch (err) {
+    const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    console.error('⚠ Warning: ripgrep binary not available');
+    console.error(`${message}`);
+    console.error('');
+    console.error('Desktop Commander will not work until ripgrep is available.');
+    console.error('This usually happens when npm postinstall scripts fail during npx execution.');
+    console.error('');
+    console.error('To fix this, install ripgrep manually:');
+    console.error('  macOS: brew install ripgrep');
+    console.error('  Linux: See https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep#installation');
+    console.error('  Windows: choco install ripgrep or download from https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+verifyRipgrep();

src/npm-scripts/verify-ripgrep.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
-import { rgPath } from '@vscode/ripgrep';
 import path from 'path';
 import { validatePath } from './tools/filesystem.js';
 import { capture } from './utils/capture.js';
+import { getRipgrepPath } from './utils/ripgrep-resolver.js';
 
 export interface SearchResult {
   file: string;
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ export interface SearchSessionOptions {
     // Build ripgrep arguments
     const args = this.buildRipgrepArgs({ ...options, rootPath: validPath });
 
+    // Get ripgrep path with fallback resolution
+    let rgPath: string;
+    try {
+      rgPath = await getRipgrepPath();
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to locate ripgrep binary: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    }
+    
     // Start ripgrep process
     const rgProcess = spawn(rgPath, args);
 

src/search-manager.ts

@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => {
                         
                         ${CMD_PREFIX_DESCRIPTION}`,
                     inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(GetPromptsArgsSchema),
-                },
+                }
             ];
 
         // Filter tools based on current client