How can I exclude specific projects and/or repositories from a BitBucket Search query?

[Abernacky]

My company has >100 repositories in >50 projects and I want my search to go over like 95% of them, without have to search in each one individually.  I want to be able to exclude a few projects/repos from my searches.

The documentation I found (1, 2, 3) didn't tell me any way that that I can exclude a specific Project or Repository from my search.  

For example, I am able to search in a single project or repository by using queries like these

• SP_ObjectName1 repo:Project1/Repository1
• SP_ObjectName1 project:Project1

But I am not able to exclude a project or repository from my search 

1. SP_ObjectName1 NOT project:Project1
   • Error: "Your query couldn't be parsed. We've searched with a modified query."
   • Searches ONLY in Project 1
   • Returns reults where these strings are highlighted:
     • SP_ObjectName1
     • SP
     • NOT
2. SP_ObjectName1 -project:Project1
   • No error
   • Searches in all projects
   • Returns results where these strings are highlighted:
     • SP_ObjectName1
     • SP
3. I get the same errors when you replace the project portion of 1 & 2 with "repo:Project1/Repository1", so I didn't think it was worth writing up.

[Ben Stuart]

Hey Jessica,

This is a feature reqeust that was raised in BSERV-9722. Unfortunately this isn't currently possible and it's not on the roadmap for the near future. In order to draw attention to that particular feature request, feel free to watch, comment and vote on this issue. For reference, this is our policy on how new features are implemented.

Wish we had a better answer for you!

Ben

[Abernacky]

Looks like BSERV-10071 has also been opened about excluding a project or repo from search results

[Abernacky]

Note that the issue with Bitbucket parsing on the underscores is supposed to be fixed in BitBucket Server 5.7 (see "Punctuation aware code search")