1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/namespace.rb b/app/models/namespace.rb
index bdb33f37495..55842df1e2d 100644
--- a/app/models/namespace.rb
+++ b/app/models/namespace.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,18 @@ class Namespace < ActiveRecord::Base
       find_by("lower(path) = :path OR lower(name) = :path", path: path.downcase)
     end
 
+    # Searches for namespaces matching the given query.
+    #
+    # This method uses ILIKE on PostgreSQL and LIKE on MySQL.
+    #
+    # query - The search query as a String
+    #
+    # Returns an ActiveRecord::Relation
     def search(query)
-      where("name LIKE :query OR path LIKE :query", query: "%#{query}%")
+      t = arel_table
+      pattern = "%#{query}%"
+
+      where(t[:name].matches(pattern).or(t[:path].matches(pattern)))
     end
 
     def clean_path(path)