FIX: Correct `personal_messages:<username>` advanced search filter.

Renamed from `private_messages` to `personal_messages` without
deprecation because the `private_messages` advanced search filter never
worked in the first place when it was implemented.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/search-menu.js

@@ -98,13 +98,18 @@ export default createWidget("search-menu", {
       query += `q=${encodeURIComponent(searchData.term)}`;
 
       if (contextEnabled && ctx) {
-        if (
-          this.currentUser &&
-          ctx.id.toString().toLowerCase() ===
-            this.currentUser.get("username_lower") &&
-          type === "private_messages"
-        ) {
-          query += " in:personal";
+        if (type === "private_messages") {
+          if (
+            this.currentUser &&
+            ctx.id.toString().toLowerCase() ===
+              this.currentUser.get("username_lower")
+          ) {
+            query += " in:personal";
+          } else {
+            query += encodeURIComponent(
+              ` personal_messages:${ctx.id.toString().toLowerCase()}`
+            );
+          }
         } else {
           query += encodeURIComponent(" " + type + ":" + ctx.id);
         }

lib/search.rb

@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@ class Search
       @original_term = PG::Connection.escape_string(@term)
     end
 
-    if @search_pms && @guardian.user
+    if @search_pms
       @opts[:type_filter] = "private_messages"
-      @search_context = @guardian.user
     end
 
     if @search_all_topics && @guardian.user
@@ -690,13 +689,20 @@ class Search
         nil
       elsif word == 'in:personal'
         @search_pms = true
+        @search_context = @guardian.user
         nil
       elsif word == "in:personal-direct"
         @search_pms = true
         @direct_pms_only = true
+        @search_context = @guardian.user
         nil
-      elsif word =~ /^personal_messages:(.+)$/
+      elsif word =~  /^personal_messages:(.+)$/
         @search_pms = true
+
+        if user = User.find_by_username($1)
+          @search_context = user
+        end
+
         nil
       else
         found ? nil : word

spec/components/search_spec.rb

@@ -190,19 +190,20 @@ describe Search do
   end
 
   context 'private messages' do
-    let!(:topic) do
-      Fabricate(:topic, category_id: nil, archetype: 'private_message')
-    end
+    let!(:post) { Fabricate(:private_message_post) }
 
-    let!(:post) { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic) }
+    let(:topic) { post.topic }
 
     let!(:reply) do
-      Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, raw: 'hello from mars, we just landed')
+      Fabricate(:private_message_post,
+        topic: post.topic,
+        raw: 'hello from mars, we just landed',
+        user: post.user
+      )
     end
 
     let!(:post2) do
-      Fabricate(:post,
-        topic: Fabricate(:topic, category_id: nil, archetype: 'private_message'),
+      Fabricate(:private_message_post,
         raw: 'another secret pm from mars, testing'
       )
     end
@@ -212,9 +213,6 @@ describe Search do
         Search.execute('mars', type_filter: 'private_messages')
       end.to raise_error(Discourse::InvalidAccess)
 
-      TopicAllowedUser.create!(user_id: reply.user_id, topic_id: topic.id)
-      TopicAllowedUser.create!(user_id: post.user_id, topic_id: topic.id)
-
       results = Search.execute(
         'mars',
         type_filter: 'private_messages',
@@ -260,7 +258,6 @@ describe Search do
 
       results = Search.execute(
         'mars in:personal',
-        search_context: post.user,
         guardian: Guardian.new(post.user)
       )
 
@@ -283,6 +280,17 @@ describe Search do
       expect(results.posts).to contain_exactly(reply)
     end
 
+    context 'personal_messages filter' do
+      it 'correctly searches for the PM of the given user' do
+        results = Search.execute(
+          "mars personal_messages:#{post.user.username}",
+          guardian: Guardian.new(post.user)
+        )
+
+        expect(results.posts).to contain_exactly(reply)
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'personal-direct flag' do
       let(:current) { Fabricate(:user, admin: true, username: "current_user") }
       let(:participant) { Fabricate(:user, username: "participant_1") }