Commit 3ff726e3 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

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Merge branch '254230-follow-up-from-add-the-blob-search-filter-to-search-by-git-object-id' into 'master'

Add the `blob:` search filter example to the documentation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!44608
parents a7ea824a 138bda46
......@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The Advanced Search Syntax also supports the use of filters. The available filte
- filename: Filters by filename. You can use the glob (`*`) operator for fuzzy matching.
- path: Filters by path. You can use the glob (`*`) operator for fuzzy matching.
- extension: Filters by extension in the filename. Please write the extension without a leading dot. Exact match only.
- blob: Filters by Git `object-id`. Exact match only.
- blob: Filters by Git `object ID`. Exact match only.
To use them, simply add them to your query in the format `<filter_name>:<value>` without
any spaces between the colon (`:`) and the value.
......@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Examples:
- Finding a file named `found_blob_spec.rb` with the text `CHANGELOG` inside of it: [`CHANGELOG filename:found_blob_spec.rb](https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&snippets=&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=CHANGELOG+filename%3Afound_blob_spec.rb&group_id=9970&project_id=278964)
- Finding the text `EpicLinks` inside files with the `.rb` extension: [`EpicLinks extension:rb`](https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&snippets=&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=EpicLinks+extension%3Arb&group_id=9970&project_id=278964)
- Finding the text `Sidekiq` in a file, when that file is in a path that includes `elastic`: [`Sidekiq path:elastic`](https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&snippets=&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=Sidekiq+path%3Aelastic&group_id=9970&project_id=278964)
- Finding the files represented by the Git object ID `998707b421c89bd9a3063333f9f728ef3e43d101`: [`* blob:998707b421c89bd9a3063333f9f728ef3e43d101`](https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&snippets=false&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=*+blob%3A998707b421c89bd9a3063333f9f728ef3e43d101&group_id=9970)
- Syntax filters can be combined for complex filtering. Finding any file starting with `search` containing `eventHub` and with the `.js` extension: [`eventHub filename:search* extension:js`](https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&snippets=&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=eventHub+filename%3Asearch*+extension%3Ajs&group_id=9970&project_id=278964)
#### Excluding filters
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