3 files changed, 44 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/models/fixtures/repository.yml b/models/fixtures/repository.yml
index f43fae3d67..16b0045b21 100644
--- a/models/fixtures/repository.yml
+++ b/models/fixtures/repository.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
   owner_id: 14
   lower_name: test_repo_14
   name: test_repo_14
+  description: test_description_14
   is_private: false
   num_issues: 0
   num_closed_issues: 0
diff --git a/models/repo_list.go b/models/repo_list.go
index ee4266d4e6..692d4d002f 100644
--- a/models/repo_list.go
+++ b/models/repo_list.go
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ type SearchRepoOptions struct {
 	Mirror util.OptionalBool
 	// only search topic name
 	TopicOnly bool
+	// include description in keyword search
+	IncludeDescription bool
 }
 
 //SearchOrderBy is used to sort the result
@@ -163,9 +165,9 @@ const (
 	SearchOrderByForksReverse          SearchOrderBy = "num_forks DESC"
 )
 
-// SearchRepositoryByName takes keyword and part of repository name to search,
+// SearchRepository returns repositories based on search options,
 // it returns results in given range and number of total results.
-func SearchRepositoryByName(opts *SearchRepoOptions) (RepositoryList, int64, error) {
+func SearchRepository(opts *SearchRepoOptions) (RepositoryList, int64, error) {
 	if opts.Page <= 0 {
 		opts.Page = 1
 	}
@@ -264,6 +266,9 @@ func SearchRepositoryByName(opts *SearchRepoOptions) (RepositoryList, int64, err
 			var likes = builder.NewCond()
 			for _, v := range strings.Split(opts.Keyword, ",") {
 				likes = likes.Or(builder.Like{"lower_name", strings.ToLower(v)})
+				if opts.IncludeDescription {
+					likes = likes.Or(builder.Like{"LOWER(description)", strings.ToLower(v)})
+				}
 			}
 			keywordCond = keywordCond.Or(likes)
 		}
@@ -311,6 +316,13 @@ func SearchRepositoryByName(opts *SearchRepoOptions) (RepositoryList, int64, err
 	return repos, count, nil
 }
 
+// SearchRepositoryByName takes keyword and part of repository name to search,
+// it returns results in given range and number of total results.
+func SearchRepositoryByName(opts *SearchRepoOptions) (RepositoryList, int64, error) {
+	opts.IncludeDescription = false
+	return SearchRepository(opts)
+}
+
 // FindUserAccessibleRepoIDs find all accessible repositories' ID by user's id
 func FindUserAccessibleRepoIDs(userID int64) ([]int64, error) {
 	var accessCond builder.Cond = builder.Eq{"is_private": false}
diff --git a/models/repo_list_test.go b/models/repo_list_test.go
index 645de2a59a..76ae9ab3d7 100644
--- a/models/repo_list_test.go
+++ b/models/repo_list_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestSearchRepositoryByName(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSearchRepository(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, PrepareTestDatabase())
 
 	// test search public repository on explore page
@@ -74,6 +74,34 @@ func TestSearchRepositoryByName(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Empty(t, repos)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(0), count)
 
+	// Test search within description
+	repos, count, err = SearchRepository(&SearchRepoOptions{
+		Keyword:            "description_14",
+		Page:               1,
+		PageSize:           10,
+		Collaborate:        util.OptionalBoolFalse,
+		IncludeDescription: true,
+	})
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	if assert.Len(t, repos, 1) {
+		assert.Equal(t, "test_repo_14", repos[0].Name)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), count)
+
+	// Test NOT search within description
+	repos, count, err = SearchRepository(&SearchRepoOptions{
+		Keyword:            "description_14",
+		Page:               1,
+		PageSize:           10,
+		Collaborate:        util.OptionalBoolFalse,
+		IncludeDescription: false,
+	})
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, repos)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(0), count)
+
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name  string
 		opts  *SearchRepoOptions