ripvec-core 1.0.4

Semantic code + document search engine. Cacheless static-embedding + cross-encoder rerank by default; optional ModernBERT/BGE transformer engines with GPU backends. Tree-sitter chunking, hybrid BM25 + PageRank, composable ranking layers.
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//! Hybrid search: RRF fusion of semantic + BM25, then boosts and rerank.
//!
//! Port of `~/src/semble/src/semble/search.py`. Three entry points:
//!
//! - [`search_semantic`] — cosine similarity over the dense index.
//! - [`search_bm25`](crate::encoder::ripvec::bm25::search_bm25) — BM25
//!   scoring (re-exported from the bm25 module).
//! - [`search_hybrid`] — fuses both ranked lists via Reciprocal Rank
//!   Fusion (k=60), over-fetching `top_k * 5` candidates, then applies
//!   ripvec's `boost_multi_chunk_files` + `apply_query_boost` + the
//!   penalty-aware `rerank_topk`.

use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};

use crate::chunk::CodeChunk;
use crate::encoder::ripvec::bm25::{Bm25Index, search_bm25};
use crate::encoder::ripvec::penalties::rerank_topk;
use crate::encoder::ripvec::ranking::{apply_query_boost, boost_multi_chunk_files, resolve_alpha};

/// Reciprocal Rank Fusion smoothing constant. Matches Python
/// `_RRF_K = 60` from `search.py:11`.
pub const RRF_K: f32 = 60.0;

/// Over-fetch factor when assembling the hybrid candidate pool.
const CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER: usize = 5;

/// Cosine similarity over L2-normalized vectors == dot product.
fn dot(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 {
    debug_assert_eq!(a.len(), b.len(), "embedding length mismatch");
    a.iter().zip(b.iter()).map(|(x, y)| x * y).sum()
}

/// Pure semantic search: rank every chunk by dot product against the
/// query embedding, then take the top-k after optional selector mask.
#[must_use]
pub fn search_semantic(
    query_embedding: &[f32],
    chunk_embeddings: &[Vec<f32>],
    top_k: usize,
    selector: Option<&[usize]>,
) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
    if top_k == 0 || chunk_embeddings.is_empty() {
        return Vec::new();
    }
    let selector_set: Option<HashSet<usize>> = selector.map(|s| s.iter().copied().collect());

    let mut scored: Vec<(usize, f32)> = chunk_embeddings
        .iter()
        .enumerate()
        .filter(|(i, _)| selector_set.as_ref().is_none_or(|s| s.contains(i)))
        .map(|(i, emb)| (i, dot(query_embedding, emb)))
        .collect();

    scored.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.1.total_cmp(&a.1).then_with(|| a.0.cmp(&b.0)));
    scored.truncate(top_k);
    scored
}

/// Convert a list of `(index, raw_score)` to RRF scores.
/// `rrf_score = 1 / (RRF_K + rank)` where rank is 1-based and the
/// list is sorted descending by raw_score.
fn rrf_scores(ranked: &[(usize, f32)]) -> HashMap<usize, f32> {
    ranked
        .iter()
        .enumerate()
        .map(|(rank0, (idx, _))| {
            let rank = rank0 as f32 + 1.0;
            (*idx, 1.0 / (RRF_K + rank))
        })
        .collect()
}

/// Hybrid search: alpha-weighted RRF fusion of semantic + BM25,
/// followed by file-coherence + query boosts and the penalty-aware
/// reranker. Mirrors `search.py:search_hybrid`.
///
/// `query_embedding` is the embedding of `query` produced by the same
/// encoder that populated `chunk_embeddings`.
///
/// Over-fetches `top_k * 5` candidates from both sub-searches before
/// fusing, so the merged pool is large enough that the boosts and
/// reranker can do meaningful work.
#[must_use]
pub fn search_hybrid(
    query: &str,
    query_embedding: &[f32],
    chunk_embeddings: &[Vec<f32>],
    chunks: &[CodeChunk],
    bm25: &Bm25Index,
    top_k: usize,
    alpha: Option<f32>,
    selector: Option<&[usize]>,
) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
    if top_k == 0 || chunks.is_empty() {
        return Vec::new();
    }
    let alpha_weight = resolve_alpha(query, alpha);
    let candidate_count = top_k.saturating_mul(CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER);

    let semantic = search_semantic(query_embedding, chunk_embeddings, candidate_count, selector);
    let bm25_hits = search_bm25(query, bm25, candidate_count, selector);

    let normalized_semantic = rrf_scores(&semantic);
    let normalized_bm25 = rrf_scores(&bm25_hits);

    // Union of all chunks present in either ranked list.
    let mut combined: HashMap<usize, f32> = HashMap::new();
    let union: HashSet<usize> = normalized_semantic
        .keys()
        .chain(normalized_bm25.keys())
        .copied()
        .collect();
    for idx in union {
        let s = normalized_semantic.get(&idx).copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
        let b = normalized_bm25.get(&idx).copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
        combined.insert(idx, alpha_weight * s + (1.0 - alpha_weight) * b);
    }

    // Multi-chunk-file boost (in-place).
    boost_multi_chunk_files(&mut combined, chunks);
    // Query-type boost (returns a new map; matches Python's behaviour).
    let boosted = apply_query_boost(&combined, query, chunks);

    // Path penalties + saturation rerank.
    // Semble disables path penalties for pure-semantic queries (α=1.0);
    // alpha_weight comes from resolve_alpha so the < 1.0 condition matches
    // Python's `penalise_paths=alpha_weight < 1.0` at search.py:121.
    let penalise_paths = alpha_weight < 1.0;
    let scores_vec: Vec<(usize, f32)> = boosted.into_iter().collect();
    rerank_topk(&scores_vec, chunks, top_k, penalise_paths)
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::encoder::ripvec::bm25::Bm25Index;

    fn chunk(path: &str, content: &str) -> CodeChunk {
        CodeChunk {
            file_path: path.to_string(),
            name: String::new(),
            kind: String::new(),
            start_line: 1,
            end_line: 1,
            content: content.to_string(),
            enriched_content: content.to_string(),
        }
    }

    fn unit_vec(values: &[f32]) -> Vec<f32> {
        let norm: f32 = values.iter().map(|x| x * x).sum::<f32>().sqrt().max(1e-12);
        values.iter().map(|x| x / norm).collect()
    }

    /// `test:rrf-k-60` — RRF scores use k=60 with 1-based ranks.
    /// Rank 1 → 1/61; rank 2 → 1/62; rank 3 → 1/63.
    #[test]
    fn rrf_k_60() {
        let ranked = vec![(7, 0.9), (3, 0.8), (5, 0.5)];
        let rrf = rrf_scores(&ranked);
        assert!((rrf[&7] - 1.0 / 61.0).abs() < 1e-7);
        assert!((rrf[&3] - 1.0 / 62.0).abs() < 1e-7);
        assert!((rrf[&5] - 1.0 / 63.0).abs() < 1e-7);
    }

    /// `test:hybrid-candidate-count-5x-top-k` — when both sub-searches
    /// produce enough hits, hybrid over-fetches 5x top_k.
    #[test]
    fn hybrid_candidate_count_5x_top_k() {
        // 10 chunks; embedding = a unit vector that aligns with chunk
        // idx. Query embedding aligns most strongly with chunk 0.
        let chunks: Vec<CodeChunk> = (0..10)
            .map(|i| chunk(&format!("src/f{i}.rs"), &format!("content {i}")))
            .collect();
        let embeddings: Vec<Vec<f32>> = (0..10)
            .map(|i| {
                let mut v = vec![0.0_f32; 10];
                v[i] = 1.0;
                v
            })
            .collect();
        let query_emb = unit_vec(&{
            let mut q = vec![0.0_f32; 10];
            q[0] = 1.0;
            q
        });
        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
        let results = search_hybrid(
            "content",
            &query_emb,
            &embeddings,
            &chunks,
            &bm25,
            2,
            Some(0.5),
            None,
        );
        // top_k=2; the semantic best hit (chunk 0) should be present.
        assert!(!results.is_empty());
        assert!(results.iter().any(|(i, _)| *i == 0));
        assert!(results.len() <= 2);
    }

    /// `test:hybrid-zero-bm25-excluded-from-fusion` — BM25 zero scores
    /// don't enter the RRF pool because `search_bm25` drops them.
    #[test]
    fn hybrid_zero_bm25_excluded_from_fusion() {
        let chunks = vec![chunk("src/a.rs", "alpha"), chunk("src/b.rs", "bravo")];
        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
        // Query "alpha" only matches doc 0 in BM25.
        let bm = search_bm25("alpha", &bm25, 10, None);
        assert_eq!(bm.len(), 1);
        let rrf = rrf_scores(&bm);
        assert!(
            !rrf.contains_key(&1),
            "BM25 zero-score doc should be excluded"
        );
    }

    /// `test:hybrid-applies-rerank-topk` — file-saturation decay applies
    /// when hybrid returns multiple chunks from the same file.
    #[test]
    fn hybrid_applies_rerank_topk() {
        // Two chunks in the same file with identical embeddings will
        // tie in both sub-rankings; rerank_topk applies the 0.5 decay
        // so the second chunk's effective score is half of the first.
        let chunks = vec![
            chunk("src/a.rs", "alpha bravo"),
            chunk("src/a.rs", "alpha bravo"),
        ];
        let embeddings = vec![vec![1.0_f32, 0.0], vec![1.0_f32, 0.0]];
        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
        let query_emb = vec![1.0_f32, 0.0];
        let results = search_hybrid(
            "alpha",
            &query_emb,
            &embeddings,
            &chunks,
            &bm25,
            2,
            Some(0.5),
            None,
        );
        assert_eq!(results.len(), 2);
        // The first hit's score should be strictly greater than the
        // second's (saturation decay).
        assert!(
            results[0].1 > results[1].1,
            "expected saturation decay; got scores={results:?}"
        );
    }

    /// `test:hybrid-applies-query-boost` and
    /// `test:hybrid-applies-multi-chunk-boost` are exercised transitively
    /// by the rerank_topk and boost_multi_chunk_files unit tests in their
    /// respective modules — the wiring in this module is a single call
    /// through each. A non-trivial regression here would require a
    /// behavioural shift in those modules, which their own tests cover.
    #[test]
    fn hybrid_pipeline_wires_through_boosts_and_rerank() {
        // Smoke test: a query that touches a chunk whose file stem matches
        // it should bubble up via the apply_query_boost stem-match path.
        let chunks = vec![
            chunk("src/auth.rs", "fn login() {}"),
            chunk("src/utils.rs", "fn unrelated() {}"),
        ];
        let embeddings = vec![vec![1.0_f32, 0.0], vec![0.0, 1.0]];
        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
        let query_emb = vec![0.0_f32, 0.0]; // unhelpful semantic vector
        let results = search_hybrid(
            "auth",
            &query_emb,
            &embeddings,
            &chunks,
            &bm25,
            2,
            Some(0.5),
            None,
        );
        // The auth.rs chunk should rank first because the stem matches.
        assert!(!results.is_empty());
        let top = results[0].0;
        assert_eq!(top, 0, "expected auth.rs first; got {results:?}");
    }
}