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| Data Stores | Global Search | To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments | reference |
Advanced Search (PREMIUM)
Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9.
You can use Advanced Search for faster, more efficient search across the entire GitLab instance. Advanced Search is based on Elasticsearch, a purpose-built full-text search engine you can horizontally scale to get results in up to a second in most cases.
You can find code you want to update in all projects at once to save maintenance time and promote innersourcing.
You can use Advanced Search in:
- Projects
- Issues
- Merge requests
- Milestones
- Users
- Epics (in groups only)
- Code
- Comments
- Commits
- Project wikis (not group wikis)
Configure Advanced Search
- On GitLab.com, Advanced Search is enabled for groups with paid subscriptions.
- For self-managed GitLab instances, an administrator must configure Advanced Search.
Syntax
Advanced Search uses Elasticsearch syntax. The syntax supports both exact and fuzzy search queries.
| Syntax | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
" |
Exact search | "gem sidekiq" |
| |
Or | display | banner |
+ |
And | display +banner |
- |
Exclude | display -banner |
* |
Partial | bug error 50* |
\ |
Escape | \*md |
# |
Issue ID | #23456 |
! |
Merge request ID | !23456 |
Code search
| Syntax | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
filename: |
Filename | filename:*spec.rb |
path: |
Repository location | path:spec/workers/ |
extension: |
File extension without . |
extension:js |
blob: |
Git object ID | blob:998707* |
extension: and blob: return exact matches only.
Examples
| Query | Description |
|---|---|
rails -filename:gemfile.lock |
Returns rails in all files except the gemfile.lock file. |
RSpec.describe Resolvers -*builder |
Returns RSpec.describe Resolvers that does not start with builder. |
bug | (display +banner) |
Returns bug or both display and banner. |
helper -extension:yml -extension:js |
Returns helper in all files except files with a .yml or .js extension. |