How do I search for a keyword in in a particular branch of the entire repository?

Question

When I do not know in which project to look for a particular code, I would like to search the entire repo with searck key. But only if the search key exists in the master branch, I get the result. If it's in any other branch, I do not see the result.

Is there any way that I can search in a particular branch?

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

Correct, the search across multiple repositories will only do the search on the default branch, which in most cases is master. These are the restrictions for search:

There are some restrictions on how searches are performed:

* Only the default branch is searchable (for most repositories the default branch will be master).
* Only files smaller than 512 KiB are searchable.
* Wildcard searches (e.g. qu?ck buil*) are not supported.
* All punctuation characters are removed. !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
* Regular expressions in queries are not supported, but you can search for special characters.
* Case is not preserved, however search operators must be in ALL CAPS.
* Queries cannot have more than 9 expressions (e.g. combinations of terms and operators).
* The maximum length of a query cannot exceed 250 characters.
* Only code you have permission to view will appear in the search results.

unknown · Answer

Thank you for the clarification. I was actually looking for searching among multiple repositories with the same branch name. Looks like it's possible if the branch is 'master'.

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

The screenshot if from within a repository, not a project. Projects are just a way of organizing your repositories.

It is not possible to search across multiple repositories, you can only search within the repository and in the selected branch.