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summary: We need to define how search handles prefixes and booleans
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created: 2015-11-28 18:22:46.0
creator: neb
description: |-
  Submitted by @matthew:matrix.org
  Right now we don't return partial matches (other than via stemming) - which is a shame. If I search for Erik i'd expect to receive matches for ErikJohnston too.
id: '12147'
key: SPEC-277
number: '277'
priority: '3'
project: '10001'
reporter: neb
status: '10100'
type: '1'
updated: 2016-10-28 16:27:55.0
votes: '0'
watches: '2'
workflowId: '12250'
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actions:
- author: richvdh
  body: 'Migrated to github: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/581'
  created: 2016-10-28 16:27:55.0
  id: '13389'
  issue: '12147'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-10-28 16:27:55.0