fix: force string format in CSV output to prevent spreadsheet truncation

Author: chalmerlowe

scripts/version_scanner/tests/unit/test_version_scanner.py

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def test_write_csv_report(tmp_path):
     assert rows[0]["file_path"] == "./setup.py"
     assert rows[0]["rule_name"] == "python_requires_check"
     assert rows[0]["line_number"] == "1"
-    assert rows[0]["matched_string"] == "python_requires = '>=3.7'"
+    assert rows[0]["matched_string"] == '="python_requires = \'>=3.7\'"'
     assert rows[0]["context_line"] == "python_requires = '>=3.7'"
 
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def test_main_stdout(capsys):
     assert "=== CSV Output ===" in captured.out
     assert "test.py," in captured.out
     assert "test," in captured.out
-    assert "3.7" in captured.out
+    assert '="3.7"' in captured.out
 
 def test_scan_file_truncation_bug(tmp_path):
     """Test that searching for 3.1 does NOT match 3.10 (truncation bug)."""

scripts/version_scanner/version_scanner.py

@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ def format_match_for_csv(
     context = formatted.get("context_line", "")
     matched = formatted.get("matched_string", "")
 
+    # Force spreadsheet apps (Google Sheets, Excel) to treat the match as a string.
+    # Otherwise, they parse "3.10" as a number and drop the trailing zero, displaying "3.1".
+    if matched:
+        formatted["matched_string"] = f'="{matched}"'
+    
     if len(context) > 500:
         match_start = context.find(matched)
         if match_start != -1: