Request for a files search (no indexing just plain find like search)

[sineer@…]

I would like a /usr/bin/find like file search to look for a specific filename in the repository recursively (ie, some*.pdf)

I've seen the RepoSearch? hack but I would like a simple file search (perhaps in Browse source or in Search directly with a files checkbox) that would let me search for a file or files in particular strictly based on the files in the repository.

This is a simple feature, I'm surprised it hasn't been implemented yet ;)

perhaps a simple hack would be in order...

[cboos]

Replying to sineer@gmail.com:

This is a simple feature, I'm surprised it hasn't been implemented yet ;)

Perhaps because it's simpler to describe than to implement ;)

Looking in all files in the repository is out of question, as this would imply going recursively in the tree, which in case of Subversion is always something huge (due to the tag/branch by copying principle).

So we'd have to use the database, and the node_change table.
There, it's a bit better, as we will get the filenames, but we'd have to sort through the revisions to get the latest one (or the previous to last, in case the last is a Delete!). And that's not easily done for all backends, at least for now. See also #3837.

On the other hand, in Mercurial for example, you could simply search through the latest "manifest" (i.e. the list of all files).

But yes, it's a good idea.

[sineer@…]

Sweet :)

Your right, it's probably not that simple to implement...

Thanks for the hard work! TRAC ROCK!!

[Noah Kantrowitz (coderanger) <coderanger@…>]

This is now implemented in the ​Filename Search plugin.

[cboos]

(not in trac core, so clearing the milestone)

[cboos]

Would be nice to get this to work in a backend neutral way, as outlined in comment:1.
The filter itself could eventually be a tracopt. component but there will also probably be trac.versioncontrol.api changes that need to be done.

Nice bitesized feature for an upcoming release.