[gargasm777]

Code search, Gitlab doesn't have a code search feature. Paraphrasing The code search functionality can be achieved by adding Elasticsearch. We haven't added elasticsearch yet so cannot comment on the experience of using it.

[manigandham]

Sourcegraph might be better: https://about.sourcegraph.com/

[jka]

It looks like code search is available for self-hosted GitLab instances, and also for paid groups on gitlab.com.

It could be a little while before global code search is available to non-paid users, according to their search roadmap documentation[1].

[1] - https://about.gitlab.com/direction/global-search/

[jmcguire-gitlab]

Our current approach is to make code search available for Bronze/starter and above. We appreciate your feedback on enabling it for non-paid. This is the Epic we are working on, feel free to leave feedback here as well. https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/1736

[jka]

Thanks for the link and engaging with the community. That led me to https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/429 which sounds like a challenge.

Although not at GitLab.com scale, I've worked on a few search-related projects (often using Elasticsearch) in the past and would consider offering some ideas.

Does GitLab have a policy for attribution/licensing of technical design input from external contributors? (this is partly out of curiosity in general -- I don't know for sure whether I'd have anything to add that your team wouldn't already have thought of themselves)

[jmcguire-gitlab]

We have made some solid progress on reducing the index size recently. This comment has a nice summary on the preliminary results of what we are working on. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/27918#note_353...

We always welcome the sharing of ideas and feedback. Just tag me on anything I should review. GitLab ID is @JohnMcGuire

We love external contributions. This page should help answer questions about contributing. https://about.gitlab.com/community/contribute/

[jka]

Great, thank you!