gitlab-foss/doc/drawers/exact_code_search_syntax.md

stage, group, info, source

stage	group	info	source
Foundations	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	/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md

Syntax options

Query	Exact match mode	Regular expression mode
"foo"	"foo"	foo
foo file:^doc/	foo in directories that start with /doc	foo in directories that start with /doc
"class foo"	"class foo"	class foo
class foo	class foo	class and foo
foo or bar	foo or bar	foo or bar
class Foo	class Foo (case insensitive)	class (case insensitive) and Foo (case sensitive)
class Foo case:yes	class Foo (case sensitive)	class and Foo (both case sensitive)
foo -bar	foo -bar	foo but not bar
foo file:js	foo in files with names that contain js	foo in files with names that contain js
foo -file:test	foo in files with names that do not contain test	foo in files with names that do not contain test
foo lang:ruby	foo in Ruby source code	foo in Ruby source code
foo file:\.js$	foo in files with names that end with .js	foo in files with names that end with .js
foo.*bar	None	foo.*bar (regular expression)
sym:foo	foo in symbols like class, method, and variable names	foo in symbols like class, method, and variable names