Branch Selection Dropdown: Exact Match Branch Not Visible When Exceeding 25 Records

Question

When we enter an existing branch name in the "from branch" field, and if there are fewer than 25 branches that include the search term, I can see the branch I want. However, if there are more than 100 branches and we enter a specific branch name, and that branch appears after the 25th record, then it is not visible in the "from branch" section. The exact match branch should appear at the top. I checked the API call, and the exact match branch is on the 3rd page. When we enter any branch name in the "from branch" section, it only shows the first 25 branches in the dropdown list, even if the exact match branch is not visible on top.

Ben · Accepted Answer

Hello again Jyoti! :)

This is a current limitation of Bitbucket Cloud due to the pagination of our branches API.

There is already an active feature request ticket raised with our developers to increase this limit to allow for more efficient searching capabilities which is in our short-term backlog, please Watch this for future updates and Vote for it to improve its visibility with regard to customer demand:

* https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-20410

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)

Dave Parrish [Atlassian] · Accepted Answer

Bitbucket PM here 👋

We are actively working on optimizing branch search results so that exact matches are returned at the top of the list, followed by partial matches.

As @Ben mentions, keep an eye on BCLOUD-20410 and we'll provide an update when it's fixed.