fix(query): escape LIKE wildcards in contributor search - #57
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The leaderboard `q` search interpolated user input straight into a LIKE pattern, so `_` matched any character and `%` any sequence: q=a_il returned "Anil Basnet" and a bare q=% returned the entire leaderboard instead of nothing. Not injection, the query was already parameterised. Escape `%`, `_` and the escape character itself, paired with ESCAPE at the call site. Adds a regression test; it fails on the parent commit.
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The leaderboard
qsearch interpolated user input straight into a LIKE pattern, so_matched any character and%any sequence: q=a_il returned "Anil Basnet" and a bare q=% returned the entire leaderboard instead of nothing.Not injection, the query was already parameterised. Escape
%,_and the escape character itself, paired with ESCAPE at the call site.