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diff --git a/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md b/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..14dca6d4a12 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +stage: Data Stores +group: Global Search +info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments" +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. + +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. + +## Usage + +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) +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. |