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Enforce a character limit of 2 in autocomplete search

Madelein van Niekerk requested to merge 403325-min-char-in-autocomplete into master

What does this MR do and why?

From Add min char limitation to search autocomplete ... (#403325 - closed):

Enforce the min character limit for resources autocomplete data since that hits the database and Elasticsearch. The search_autocomplete_opts method has three filter types (search, generic, and default) which return a variety of data.

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How to set up and validate locally

  1. Type 1 character into the search bar and note that nothing is returned for projects, groups, issues and users.
  2. Type 2 characters into the search bar and note that results are returned for projects, groups, issues and users.
  3. Type 3 characters into the search bar and note that results are returned for projects, groups, issues and users.

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Related to #403325 (closed)

Edited by Madelein van Niekerk

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