Locate file broken on macOS

[xzmeng]

Describe your issue

reproduce: SPC s f, type any keyword, then will get an error message "/usr/bin/locate: illegal option -- -"

I did not dig too much, the error message might indicate that I need a gnu version locate command, but intuitively we should use the spotlight index (mdfind?) rather than locate, right?

Steps to reproduce

SPC s f, type any keyword, then will get an error message "/usr/bin/locate: illegal option -- -"

System information

https://pastebin.com/L2mYS4J4

Disclosures

• This issue was written with/by AI.

[hlissner]

Not sure if I should consider this an upstream bug (in consult, after all SPC f s is bound to consult-locate, and is using its default behavior), or if Doom should modify consult-locate-args's default on MacOS. I don't have a Mac on hand to test this on; is this enough to get it working for you?

;;; add to $DOOMDIR/config.el
(with-eval-after-load 'consult
  (setq consult-locate-args "mdfind"))

[xzmeng]

It works now, but:

1. Any files/directories starting with . are not displayed in results.
2. A message displays beside the input cursor.

Since macOS isn't officially supported by consult (minad/consult#1129 (comment)) it seems like this should be patched/modified in Doom.

Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated.

[hlissner]

Since consult-locate still works with locate (so long as it is set up, even on MacOS), I'll consider this a feature request rather than a bug. I won't work on it myself, because I can't easily test it and there doesn't seem to be a consult command or package for mdfind readily available, but I welcome a PR for it.