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diff --git a/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md b/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md index 14dca6d4a12..469d91b5194 100644 --- a/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md +++ b/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md @@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ type: reference # Exact Code Search **(PREMIUM)** -> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/105049) in GitLab 15.9 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `index_code_with_zoekt` and `search_code_with_zoekt` which enables indexing and searching respectively. Both are disabled by default. +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/105049) in GitLab 15.9 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `index_code_with_zoekt` for indexing and `search_code_with_zoekt` for searching. Both are disabled by default. WARNING: -Exact Code Search is an MVC. For the Exact Code Search feature roadmap, see [epic 9404](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9404). -When this feature reaches the [**Alpha**](../../policy/alpha-beta-support.md#alpha-features) version, GitLab will dogfood it, and roll it out only to specific customers on GitLab.com who request access to it. -On self-managed GitLab, this feature is available and can be enabled. However, GitLab does not provide support or documentation at this development stage. +We are still actively making changes to the Exact Code Search feature. GitLab will dogfood it first, and roll it out only to specific customers on GitLab.com who request access to it. We will make an announcement when it's available for GitLab.com customers to tryout. You can follow our development progress by checking [the Exact Code Search feature roadmap](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9404). +On self-managed GitLab, it is technically possible to enable this feature, however, GitLab does not provide support or documentation at this stage of development and it has not been widely tested at scale. There are also many known limitations. ## Usage @@ -20,9 +19,14 @@ When performing any Code search in GitLab it will choose to use "Exact Code Search" powered by [Zoekt](https://github.com/sourcegraph/zoekt) if the project is part of an enabled Group. -The main differences between Zoekt and [Advanced Search](advanced_search.md) +The main differences between Zoekt and [advanced search](advanced_search.md) are that Zoekt provides exact substring matching as well as allows you to search for regular expressions. Since it allows searching for regular expressions, certain special characters will require escaping. Backslash can escape special characters and wrapping in double quotes can be used for phrase searches. + +## Syntax + +To understand the possible filtering options, see the +[Zoekt query syntax](https://github.com/sourcegraph/zoekt/blob/main/doc/query_syntax.md). |