Advanced Search syntax
With Advanced Search, you can perform a thorough search of your entire GitLab instance.
The Advanced Search syntax supports fuzzy or exact search queries with prefixes, boolean operators, and more. Advanced Search uses Elasticsearch’s syntax.
Advanced Search searches default project branches only.
General search
| Use | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
" | Exact search | "gem sidekiq" |
| | Or | display | banner |
+ | And | display +banner |
- | Exclude | display -banner |
* | Partial | bug error 50* |
\ | Escape | \*md |
Code search
| Use | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
filename: | Filename | filename:*spec.rb |
path: | Repository location | path:spec/workers/ |
extension: | File extension, without the .
| extension:js |
blob: | Git object ID | blob:998707* |
extension and blob return exact matches only.
Examples
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
rails -filename:gemfile.lock | Show rails in all files except the gemfile.lock file. |
RSpec.describe Resolvers -*builder | Show all RSpec.describe Resolvers that don’t start with builder. |
bug | (display +banner) | Show bug or display and banner. |