Issue Search

Since v11, Issue search on Forgejo replaced its previously dropdown-defined behavior of searches with a query syntax defined by operators.

Query Syntax

Keywords

1. Terms

Performs a fuzzy match search of each term in the query.

For example,

• foo will return results that contain foo, or any of its derivatives (such as for or food)
• foo bar will return results that contain foo and/or bar or any of their derivatives

2. Phrase

Performs an exact match for the provided phrase. This is done by wrapping the phrase in double quotes.

For example,

• "foo" will return results that contain an exact match of foo
• "foo bar" will return results that contain an exact match of foo bar

Operators

1. Negation

Negates the keyword by returning results that do not contain the keyword. This is done by prefixing the keyword with a minus symbol.

For example,

• -foo will return results that do not contain foo or its derivatives
• -"foo bar" will return results that do not contain foo bar

2. Required

Denotes that the provided keyword MUST be present. This is done by prefixing the keyword with a plus symbol.

For example,

• +foo +bar will return results that contain both foo and bar (or its fuzzy derivatives)
• +"foo" +"bar" will return results that contain exactly both foo and bar
• +"foo bar" +"baz" will return results that contain exactly both foo bar and baz

Escaping

All operators may be escaped by adding a backslash in front of the operators.

For example,

• "\"\"" will search for ""
• \+1 will search for +1