From 710ac10fb537ddac27803d12e30ea60059409225 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richardkeep <r.kipsang@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:37:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: end each hot topic commit with its own dot

---
 resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx | 12 ++++++++++++
 resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx              |  1 +
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx b/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx
index e653ba29c1..3f4cc9e892 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ export function SearchResults({
     isWaiting = false,
     heading = 'Most relevant commits',
     empty = 'Try describing the idea in other words, or pick one of the searches below.',
+    isStandalone = false,
 }: {
     results: SearchResultSet | null;
     isWaiting?: boolean;
     heading?: string;
     empty?: ReactNode;
+    isStandalone?: boolean;
 }) {
     if (results === null) {
         return (
@@ -57,6 +59,16 @@ export function SearchResults({
             ) : (
                 <GraphCanvas>
                     {results.commits.map((commit, index) => {
+                        if (isStandalone) {
+                            return (
+                                <CommitCard
+                                    key={commit.id}
+                                    commit={commit}
+                                    endsWithDot
+                                />
+                            );
+                        }
+
                         const previous = results.commits[index - 1];
 
                         return (
diff --git a/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx b/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx
index fb659c9246..be6415108c 100644
--- a/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export default function Show({
                 results={{ term: name, commits }}
                 heading="What nullers have been saying"
                 empty="No matching commits from the past week."
+                isStandalone
             />
         </>
     );

From 0a1826f2130e4822c263839c458e76648524008c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richardkeep <r.kipsang@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:46:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix: end each search result with its own dot

---
 .../js/components/commit-search-results.tsx   | 37 ++++---------------
 resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx          |  1 -
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx b/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx
index 3f4cc9e892..7c0c8723d1 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/components/commit-search-results.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { CommitCard } from '@/components/commit-card';
 import { CommitSkeleton, EmptyFeed } from '@/components/commit-feed';
 import { GraphCanvas } from '@/components/graph-canvas';
-import { authorLaneColor } from '@/lib/utils';
 import type { Commit } from '@/types';
 
 export type SearchResultSet = { term: string; commits: Commit[] };
@@ -12,13 +11,11 @@ export function SearchResults({
     isWaiting = false,
     heading = 'Most relevant commits',
     empty = 'Try describing the idea in other words, or pick one of the searches below.',
-    isStandalone = false,
 }: {
     results: SearchResultSet | null;
     isWaiting?: boolean;
     heading?: string;
     empty?: ReactNode;
-    isStandalone?: boolean;
 }) {
     if (results === null) {
         return (
@@ -58,33 +55,13 @@ export function SearchResults({
                 </div>
             ) : (
                 <GraphCanvas>
-                    {results.commits.map((commit, index) => {
-                        if (isStandalone) {
-                            return (
-                                <CommitCard
-                                    key={commit.id}
-                                    commit={commit}
-                                    endsWithDot
-                                />
-                            );
-                        }
-
-                        const previous = results.commits[index - 1];
-
-                        return (
-                            <CommitCard
-                                key={commit.id}
-                                commit={commit}
-                                previousLane={
-                                    previous && authorLaneColor(previous.author)
-                                }
-                                graphAfter={previous?.id}
-                                endsWithDot={
-                                    index === results.commits.length - 1
-                                }
-                            />
-                        );
-                    })}
+                    {results.commits.map((commit) => (
+                        <CommitCard
+                            key={commit.id}
+                            commit={commit}
+                            endsWithDot
+                        />
+                    ))}
                 </GraphCanvas>
             )}
         </section>
diff --git a/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx b/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx
index be6415108c..fb659c9246 100644
--- a/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/pages/headline/show.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export default function Show({
                 results={{ term: name, commits }}
                 heading="What nullers have been saying"
                 empty="No matching commits from the past week."
-                isStandalone
             />
         </>
     );

From aa865f4e5b5ef1235e645e0587f0faf273548375 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richardkeep <r.kipsang@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:16:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] test: expect each search result to end on its own dot

---
 tests/Unit/StandaloneCommitGraphs.test.tsx | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/Unit/StandaloneCommitGraphs.test.tsx b/tests/Unit/StandaloneCommitGraphs.test.tsx
index f238cf40fb..86217199e0 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/StandaloneCommitGraphs.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/Unit/StandaloneCommitGraphs.test.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ test('keeps the graph of each report apart, even when two people report the same
     assert.equal(html.match(/data-test="graph-canvas"/g)?.length, 2);
 });
 
-test('ends the chain of search results on a dot below the last one', async () => {
+test('ends each search result on its own dot, as in a feed', async () => {
     const html = await render(() => (
         <SearchResults
             results={{
@@ -173,12 +173,7 @@ test('ends the chain of search results on a dot below the last one', async () =>
         />
     ));
 
-    assert.equal(html.match(/data-test="rail-end-dot"/g)?.length, 1);
-    // In the last card: past everything the second one shows.
-    assert.ok(
-        html.indexOf('data-test="rail-end-dot"') >
-            html.lastIndexOf('Commit two'),
-    );
+    assert.equal(html.match(/data-test="rail-end-dot"/g)?.length, 3);
 });
 
 test('draws related commits in a canvas of their own, chained one after the other and ending on a dot below the last one', async () => {