Inconsistent search results in bitbucket

[Matt Van Laanen]

We are currently getting inconsistent results when searching using 'search for code'. 

The phrase we are trying to search for is 'BPCS'.  When searching on this we find no results.  The problem is related searches do find data.

search for...

'BPC'         returns results

'BPCS'       no results returned

'BPCSE'     no results returned

'BPCSED'   no results returned

'BPCSEDI'   returns results

We have found the limitations of the bitbucket search and this does not appear to be in any of those rules.

• Only the default branch is searchable (for most repositories the default branch will be master).
• Only files smaller than 512 KiB are searchable.
• Wildcard searches (e.g. qu?ck buil*) are not supported.
• Punctuation now supports "." and "_"
• All punctuation characters are removed. !"#$%&'()*+,-/:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}~
• Regular expressions in queries are not supported, but you can search for special characters.
• Case is not preserved, however search operators must be in ALL CAPS.
• Queries cannot have more than 9 expressions (e.g. combinations of terms and operators).
• The maximum length of a query cannot exceed 250 characters.

• Only code you have permission to view will appear in the search results.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[Patrik S · Accepted solution]

Hello @Matt Van Laanen ,

and welcome to the Community!

It seems you're being affected by a known bug in the platform where Code search does not consistently returns the expected results. This has been already reported to our engineering team and they are actively working on a solution:

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-19661

I'd encourage you to add your Vote to the bug ticket to give it traction, and also mark yourself as a Watcher to be notified of any future updates.

While the bug is not fixed, as an alternative you can search your code base locally using git grep command:

git grep hello $(git rev-list --all)

Thank you, @Matt Van Laanen !

Patrik S

[Matt Van Laanen]

appreciate the info.  thanks.