From 3a6d8aac0bce6a70351fcfe860e0aa3694054a99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NotTheDr01ds <32344964+NotTheDr01ds@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:27:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Return an empty list when no `std help --find` results are
 found (#13160)

# Description

Fixes #13143 by returning an empty list when there are no results found
by `std help --find/-f`

# User-Facing Changes

In addition, prints a message to stderr.

# Tests + Formatting

- :green_circle: `toolkit fmt`
- :green_circle: `toolkit clippy`
- :green_circle: `toolkit test`
- :green_circle: `toolkit test stdlib`

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---
 crates/nu-std/std/help.nu | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/help.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/help.nu
index 614ec402d11..16a20504cb5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/help.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/help.nu
@@ -771,6 +771,11 @@ You can also learn more at (ansi default_italic)(ansi light_cyan_underline)https
 
     let modules = (try { modules $target_item --find $find })
     if not ($modules | is-empty) { return $modules }
+    
+    if ($find | is-not-empty) {
+        print -e $"No help results found mentioning: ($find)"
+        return []
+    }
 
     let span = (metadata $item | get span)
     error make {