diff --git a/src/commands/git/search.ts b/src/commands/git/search.ts
index d8db71e..b6fcb0b 100644
--- a/src/commands/git/search.ts
+++ b/src/commands/git/search.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-loop-func */
 import { QuickInputButton } from 'vscode';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, Repository, searchOperators, SearchOperators } from '../../git/gitService';
+import {
+	GitLog,
+	GitLogCommit,
+	GitService,
+	Repository,
+	searchOperators,
+	SearchOperators,
+	SearchPattern
+} from '../../git/gitService';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../../constants';
 import { QuickCommandBase, StepAsyncGenerator, StepSelection, StepState } from '../quickCommand';
 import { RepositoryQuickPickItem } from '../../quickpicks';
@@ -376,13 +384,13 @@ export class SearchGitCommand extends QuickCommandBase<State> {
 					state.search = selection[0].item.trim();
 				}
 
-				const search = {
+				const search: SearchPattern = {
 					pattern: state.search,
 					matchAll: state.matchAll,
 					matchCase: state.matchCase,
 					matchRegex: state.matchRegex
 				};
-				const searchKey = JSON.stringify(search);
+				const searchKey = SearchPattern.toKey(search);
 
 				if (resultsPromise === undefined || resultsKey !== searchKey) {
 					resultsPromise = Container.git.getLogForSearch(state.repo.path, search);
diff --git a/src/commands/searchCommits.ts b/src/commands/searchCommits.ts
index 904d316..201fa58 100644
--- a/src/commands/searchCommits.ts
+++ b/src/commands/searchCommits.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ import { SearchResultsCommitsNode } from '../views/nodes';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import { Command, command, CommandContext, Commands, isCommandViewContextWithRepo } from './common';
 import { GitCommandsCommandArgs } from '../commands';
+import { SearchPattern } from '../git/gitService';
 
 export interface SearchCommitsCommandArgs {
-	search?: {
-		pattern?: string;
-		matchAll?: boolean;
-		matchCase?: boolean;
-		matchRegex?: boolean;
-	};
+	search?: Partial<SearchPattern>;
 	repoPath?: string;
 
 	prefillOnly?: boolean;
@@ -60,10 +56,7 @@ export class SearchCommitsCommand extends Command {
 			prefillOnly: args.prefillOnly,
 			state: {
 				repo: repo,
-				search: args.search && args.search.pattern,
-				matchAll: args.search && args.search.matchAll,
-				matchCase: args.search && args.search.matchCase,
-				matchRegex: args.search && args.search.matchRegex,
+				...args.search,
 				showInView: args.showInView
 			}
 		};
diff --git a/src/git/gitService.ts b/src/git/gitService.ts
index bc0cbac..209d302 100644
--- a/src/git/gitService.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitService.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export type SearchOperators =
 	| 'file:'
 	| '~:'
 	| 'change:';
+
 export const searchOperators = new Set<string>([
 	'',
 	'=:',
@@ -119,6 +120,22 @@ export const searchOperators = new Set<string>([
 	'~:',
 	'change:'
 ]);
+
+export interface SearchPattern {
+	pattern: string;
+	matchAll?: boolean;
+	matchCase?: boolean;
+	matchRegex?: boolean;
+}
+
+export namespace SearchPattern {
+	export function toKey(search: SearchPattern) {
+		return `${search.pattern}|${search.matchAll ? 'A' : ''}${search.matchCase ? 'C' : ''}${
+			search.matchRegex ? 'R' : ''
+		}`;
+	}
+}
+
 const normalizeSearchOperatorsMap = new Map<SearchOperators, SearchOperators>([
 	['', 'message:'],
 	['=:', 'message:'],
@@ -1464,12 +1481,7 @@ export class GitService implements Disposable {
 	@log()
 	async getLogForSearch(
 		repoPath: string,
-		search: {
-			pattern: string;
-			matchAll?: boolean;
-			matchCase?: boolean;
-			matchRegex?: boolean;
-		},
+		search: SearchPattern,
 		options: { maxCount?: number } = {}
 	): Promise<GitLog | undefined> {
 		search = { matchAll: false, matchCase: false, matchRegex: true, ...search };
diff --git a/src/quickpicks/commonQuickPicks.ts b/src/quickpicks/commonQuickPicks.ts
index 0f17d06..c93bf01 100644
--- a/src/quickpicks/commonQuickPicks.ts
+++ b/src/quickpicks/commonQuickPicks.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { CancellationTokenSource, commands, QuickPickItem, window } from 'vscode
 import { Commands } from '../commands';
 import { configuration } from '../configuration';
 import { Container } from '../container';
-import { GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitUri } from '../git/gitService';
+import { GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitUri, SearchPattern } from '../git/gitService';
 import { KeyMapping, Keys } from '../keyboard';
 import { ReferencesQuickPick, ReferencesQuickPickItem } from './referencesQuickPick';
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export class ShowCommitInViewQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
 
 export class ShowCommitSearchResultsInViewQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
 	constructor(
-		public readonly search: { pattern: string; matchAll?: boolean; matchCase?: boolean; matchRegex?: boolean },
+		public readonly search: SearchPattern,
 		public readonly results: GitLog,
 		public readonly resultsLabel: string | { label: string; resultsType?: { singular: string; plural: string } },
 		item: QuickPickItem = {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/searchResultsCommitsNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/searchResultsCommitsNode.ts
index e068675..c764ab5 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/searchResultsCommitsNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/searchResultsCommitsNode.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Commands } from '../../commands/common';
 import { ViewWithFiles } from '../viewBase';
 import { CommitsQueryResults, ResultsCommitsNode } from './resultsCommitsNode';
 import { ResourceType, ViewNode } from './viewNode';
+import { SearchPattern } from '../../git/gitService';
 
 let instanceId = 0;
 
@@ -15,12 +16,7 @@ export class SearchResultsCommitsNode extends ResultsCommitsNode {
 		view: ViewWithFiles,
 		parent: ViewNode,
 		repoPath: string,
-		public readonly search: {
-			pattern: string;
-			matchAll?: boolean;
-			matchCase?: boolean;
-			matchRegex?: boolean;
-		},
+		public readonly search: SearchPattern,
 		label: string,
 		commitsQuery: (maxCount: number | undefined) => Promise<CommitsQueryResults>
 	) {
diff --git a/src/views/searchView.ts b/src/views/searchView.ts
index 2b20ce0..96c4f25 100644
--- a/src/views/searchView.ts
+++ b/src/views/searchView.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { commands, ConfigurationChangeEvent } from 'vscode';
 import { configuration, SearchViewConfig, ViewFilesLayout, ViewsConfig } from '../configuration';
 import { CommandContext, setCommandContext, WorkspaceState } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
-import { GitLog } from '../git/gitService';
+import { GitLog, SearchPattern } from '../git/gitService';
 import { Functions, Strings } from '../system';
 import { nodeSupportsConditionalDismissal, SearchNode, SearchResultsCommitsNode, ViewNode } from './nodes';
 import { ViewBase } from './viewBase';
@@ -105,12 +105,7 @@ export class SearchView extends ViewBase<SearchNode> {
 
 	async search(
 		repoPath: string,
-		search: {
-			pattern: string;
-			matchAll?: boolean;
-			matchCase?: boolean;
-			matchRegex?: boolean;
-		},
+		search: SearchPattern,
 		{
 			label,
 			...options
@@ -146,12 +141,7 @@ export class SearchView extends ViewBase<SearchNode> {
 
 	showSearchResults(
 		repoPath: string,
-		search: {
-			pattern: string;
-			matchAll?: boolean;
-			matchCase?: boolean;
-			matchRegex?: boolean;
-		},
+		search: SearchPattern,
 		results: GitLog,
 		{
 			label,