forgejo-docs/docs/user/code-search.md

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title: 'Code Search'
license: 'CC-BY-SA-4.0'
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Forgejo supports code search through an indexer and `git-grep` as a fallback when [`REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED`](../../admin/config-cheat-sheet#indexer-indexer) is disabled.

# Basic (git-grep)

If `REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED` is set to `false`, the code search function will be limited to a single repository and will use [`git-grep`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-grep).

Currently, only fixed strings are supported and any case differences are ignored. The search results will include the matched line, as well as a single line before and after the match. The search query will be executed on the default branch of the repository.

# Indexer

For advanced search queries and searching across an entire organisation or instance, `REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED: true` enables code search via bleve/elasticsearch.
admin: Document fallback behavior of repo indexer (#444) ref: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/1594 Preview: https://forgejo.codeberg.page/@docs_pull_444/docs/next/user/code-search/ Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs/pulls/444 Reviewed-by: Earl Warren <earl-warren@noreply.codeberg.org> Co-authored-by: Shiny Nematoda <snematoda@noreply.codeberg.org> Co-committed-by: Shiny Nematoda <snematoda@noreply.codeberg.org> 2024-02-29 10:06:38 -05:00			`---`
			`title: 'Code Search'`
			`license: 'CC-BY-SA-4.0'`
			`---`

			Forgejo supports code search through an indexer and `git-grep` as a fallback when [`REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED`](../../admin/config-cheat-sheet#indexer-indexer) is disabled.

			`# Basic (git-grep)`

			If `REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED` is set to `false`, the code search function will be limited to a single repository and will use [`git-grep`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-grep).

			`Currently, only fixed strings are supported and any case differences are ignored. The search results will include the matched line, as well as a single line before and after the match. The search query will be executed on the default branch of the repository.`

			`# Indexer`

			For advanced search queries and searching across an entire organisation or instance, `REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED: true` enables code search via bleve/elasticsearch.