Fix ampersand in artist names breaking search queries

2 months ago · d2c1e24ff7
parent 7de84c535c
commit d2c1e24ff7
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/core/matching_engine.py
+++ b/core/matching_engine.py
@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ class MusicMatchingEngine:
        
        # Replace common separators with spaces to preserve word boundaries.
        # Include hyphen in separator replacement for artist names like "AC/DC" vs "AC-DC"
-        text = re.sub(r'[._/-]', ' ', text)
+        # Include '&' so "Pig&Dan" becomes "Pig Dan" (matches "Pig & Dan" on Soulseek)
+        text = re.sub(r'[._/&-]', ' ', text)

        # Keep alphanumeric characters, spaces, AND the '$' sign.
        text = re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9\s$]', '', text)