Searching repositories when creating branch

[Scott]

When using "Create Branch" from Jira, we have to use the dropdown to find the repository.  We've got quite a few repositories so searching manually has become difficult.  When I try to use the search, it seems to only work when I use the exact name (or at least the beginning of the repository name).  Is there a trick to get it to search better or is that just a limitation?  Our repositories are not easy to know exactly how the name starts so I have to currently go find the exact repository name somewhere else and then come back and paste it in which has become quite annoying.