Index: src/search.c
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--- src/search.c
+++ src/search.c
@@ -926,11 +926,11 @@
   static const char *zSnippetCall;
   if( srchFlags==0 ) return;
   sqlite3_create_function(g.db, "rank", 1, SQLITE_UTF8|SQLITE_INNOCUOUS, 0,
      search_rank_sqlfunc, 0, 0);
   for(i=0; zPat[i]; i++){
-    if( zPat[i]=='-' || zPat[i]=='"' ) zPat[i] = ' ';
+    if( zPat[i]=='-' || zPat[i]=='"' zPat[i]=='.' ) zPat[i] = ' ';
   }
   blob_init(&sql, 0, 0);
   if( search_index_type(0)==4 ){
     /* If this repo is still using the legacy FTS4 search index, then
     ** the snippet() function is slightly different */