Sometimes searching "file changes" returns seemingly non-relevant results.

[Tyler Harder]

I've noticed that often when I use the search toolbar to search for a file via "file changes", I get results that don't have the file in the commit. Does anyone know why this occurs?

[Balázs Szakmáry · Accepted solution]

It is probably finding files which contain the string/file name you are searching for. e.g. if you search for the name of a a header file in C++ code, you would find all .cpp files using the header.

[Tyler Harder]

Hrmm, yes must be. Some of the strings I've tried searching didn't seem to be included in the result files in any form, but if no one else is experiencing this, I may have missed something. I'll have a second look in more detail if it comes up again. Thanks.