Presently, so it appears, using the search feature in the repository will only search the branch of code you are currently browsing. Perhaps it could be changed to search all of the files for those keywords.
We're looking at improving the search function to be more useful, but until we have the time to plan and execute it, you can work around this problem by doing your search from the root category.
I dunno. I actually think having it only search the current branch is a good idea, unless you plan on letting the user specify which branch(es) to search. For those with lesser coding abilities, searching for something to use on a ROM base and getting a bunch of Circle snippets might be a bit discouraging.
We're looking at improving the search function to be more useful, but until we have the time to plan and execute it, you can work around this problem by doing your search from the root category.
Going from root doesn't return anything, or maybe I did it wrong?
Aidan