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stage: Data Stores
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group: Global Search
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info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments"
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type: reference
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# Exact Code Search **(PREMIUM)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/105049) in GitLab 15.9 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `index_code_with_zoekt` and `search_code_with_zoekt` which enables indexing and searching respectively. Both are disabled by default.
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WARNING:
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Exact Code Search is an MVC. For the Exact Code Search feature roadmap, see [epic 9404](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9404).
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When this feature reaches the [**Alpha**](../../policy/alpha-beta-support.md#alpha-features) version, GitLab will dogfood it, and roll it out only to specific customers on GitLab.com who request access to it.
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On self-managed GitLab, this feature is available and can be enabled. However, GitLab does not provide support or documentation at this development stage.
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## Usage
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When performing any Code search in GitLab it will choose to use "Exact Code
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Search" powered by [Zoekt](https://github.com/sourcegraph/zoekt) if the project
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is part of an enabled Group.
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The main differences between Zoekt and [Advanced Search](advanced_search.md)
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are that Zoekt provides exact substring matching as well as allows you to
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search for regular expressions. Since it allows searching for regular
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expressions, certain special characters will require escaping. Backslash can
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escape special characters and wrapping in double quotes can be used for phrase
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searches.
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