How to search across many Azure Devops Git project and find all files which contain specific text AND which filename contains "Resource"

Question

I am using Azure Devops Repos, where I have around 100 projects. I would like to use the portal and find all files which

1. have the pattern '*Resource*'
2. contain the 'email' text in their content

I tried to use this search phrase: "email filename:Resource"

But it did not retrieve expected results and I know they exist.

Answer 1

Ensure the Code Search extension has been installed into your Azure DevOps organization.

Then you can try the search string like as the format "<keywords> file:<pattern>":

• The '<keywords>' is the keywords to match the content you want to search.
• The '<pattern>' is the wildcard pattern to match the filename.

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For your case, you can try the search string "email file:*Resource*". Normally, it will return the files that:

• the filename contains the keyword 'Resource'.
• and the content/text contains the keyword 'email'.

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For more details, see the following documentations:

• Get started with search
• Functional code search

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