gitlab-foss/doc/drawers/advanced_search_syntax.md

stage, group, info, title

stage	group	info	title
AI-powered	Global Search	To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments	Syntax options

Syntax	Description	Example
"	Exact search	"gem sidekiq"
~	Fuzzy search	J~ Doe
|	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 (full or partial matches)	path:spec/workers/
extension:	File extension without . (exact matches only)	extension:js
blob:	Git object ID (exact matches only)	blob:998707*

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.
helper path:lib/git	Returns helper in all files with a lib/git* path (for example, spec/lib/gitlab).