*** app/views/search/index.html.erb.orig        2014-01-19 12:09:44.000000000 +0100
--- app/views/search/index.html.erb     2014-01-19 12:07:02.000000000 +0100
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*** 10,15 ****
--- 10,16 ----
  <label><%= check_box_tag 'all_words', 1, @all_words %> <%= l(:label_all_words) %></label>
  <%= hidden_field_tag 'titles_only', '', :id => nil %>
  <label><%= check_box_tag 'titles_only', 1, @titles_only %> <%= l(:label_search_titles_only) %></label>
+ <label><%= check_box_tag 'open_issues_only', 1, @open_issues_only %> <%= l(:label_search_open_issues_only) %></label>
  </p>
  <p>
  <% @object_types.each do |t| %>

*** config/locales/en.yml.orig  2014-01-19 12:13:32.000000000 +0100
--- config/locales/en.yml       2014-01-19 12:14:09.000000000 +0100
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*** 696,701 ****
--- 696,702 ----
    label_search: Search
    label_result_plural: Results
    label_all_words: All words
+   label_search_open_issues_only: Only open issues
    label_wiki: Wiki
    label_wiki_edit: Wiki edit
    label_wiki_edit_plural: Wiki edits

*** app/controllers/search_controller.rb.orig   2014-01-19 12:10:04.000000000 +0100
--- app/controllers/search_controller.rb        2014-01-19 12:06:01.000000000 +0100
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*** 26,31 ****
--- 26,32 ----
      @question.strip!
      @all_words = params[:all_words] ? params[:all_words].present? : true
      @titles_only = params[:titles_only] ? params[:titles_only].present? : false
+     @open_issues_only = params[:open_issues_only] ? params[:open_issues_only].present? : false

      projects_to_search =
        case params[:scope]
***************
*** 84,89 ****
--- 85,96 ----
          @results_by_type[s] += c
        end
        @results = @results.sort {|a,b| b.event_datetime <=> a.event_datetime}
+
+       # Filter out closed issues
+       if @open_issues_only
+         @results = @results.find_all{|s| s unless s.is_a?(Issue) && s.status.is_closed}
+       end
+
        if params[:previous].nil?
          @pagination_previous_date = @results[0].event_datetime if offset && @results[0]
          if @results.size > limit