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diff --git a/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md b/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md index 925fc7e6036..ed1d3b1d290 100644 --- a/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md +++ b/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md @@ -29,11 +29,27 @@ You can use Advanced Search in: - Commits - Project wikis (not [group wikis](../project/wiki/group.md)) -## Configure Advanced Search +For Advanced Search: + +- You can only search files smaller than 1 MB. + For self-managed GitLab instances, an administrator can + [change this limit](../../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md#advanced-search-configuration). +- You can't use any of the following characters in the search query: + + ```plaintext + . , : ; / ` ' = ? $ & ^ | ~ < > ( ) { } [ ] @ + ``` + +- Only the default branch of a project is indexed for code search. + In a non-default branch, basic search is used. +- Search results show only the first match in a file, + but there might be more results in that file. + +## Enable 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](../../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md). + [enable Advanced Search](../../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md#enable-advanced-search). ## Syntax |