1 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/app/finders/branches_finder.rb b/app/finders/branches_finder.rb
index 970efa79dfb..45d5591e81b 100644
--- a/app/finders/branches_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/branches_finder.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ class BranchesFinder
   end
 
   def execute
-    branches = @repository.branches_sorted_by(sort)
-    filter_by_name(branches)
+    branches = repository.branches_sorted_by(sort)
+    branches = by_search(branches)
+    branches
   end
 
   private
@@ -23,11 +24,39 @@ class BranchesFinder
     @params[:sort].presence || 'name'
   end
 
-  def filter_by_name(branches)
-    if search
-      branches.select { |branch| branch.name.upcase.include?(search.upcase) }
+  def by_search(branches)
+    return branches unless search
+
+    case search
+    when ->(v) { v.starts_with?('^') }
+      filter_branches_with_prefix(branches, search.slice(1..-1).upcase)
+    when ->(v) { v.ends_with?('$') }
+      filter_branches_with_suffix(branches, search.chop.upcase)
     else
-      branches
+      matches = filter_branches_by_name(branches, search.upcase)
+      set_exact_match_as_first_result(matches, search)
     end
   end
+
+  def filter_branches_with_prefix(branches, prefix)
+    branches.select { |branch| branch.name.upcase.starts_with?(prefix) }
+  end
+
+  def filter_branches_with_suffix(branches, suffix)
+    branches.select { |branch| branch.name.upcase.ends_with?(suffix) }
+  end
+
+  def filter_branches_by_name(branches, term)
+    branches.select { |branch| branch.name.upcase.include?(term) }
+  end
+
+  def set_exact_match_as_first_result(matches, term)
+    exact_match_index = find_exact_match_index(matches, term)
+    matches.insert(0, matches.delete_at(exact_match_index)) if exact_match_index
+    matches
+  end
+
+  def find_exact_match_index(matches, term)
+    matches.index { |branch| branch.name.casecmp(term) == 0 }
+  end
 end