Updated based on feedback

Changed some variable names
Fixed CHANGELOG entry

CHANGELOG

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 8.8.0 (unreleased)
   - Remove future dates from contribution calendar graph.
   - Fix error when visiting commit builds page before build was updated
   - Add 'l' shortcut to open Label dropdown on issuables and 'i' to create new issue on a project
+  - Updated search UI
 v 8.7.1 (unreleased)
   - Fix .gitlab-ci.yml parsing issue when hidde job is a template without script definition. !3849
@@ -133,7 +134,6 @@ v 8.6.7
   - Fix persistent XSS vulnerability in `commit_person_link` helper
   - Fix persistent XSS vulnerability in Label and Milestone dropdowns
   - Fix vulnerability that made it possible to enumerate private projects belonging to group
-  - Updated search UI
 v 8.6.6
   - Expire the exists cache before deletion to ensure project dir actually exists (Stan Hu). !3413

app/controllers/search_controller.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class SearchController < ApplicationController
   layout 'search'
   def show
+    return if params[:search].nil? || params[:search].blank?
+
     if params[:project_id].present?
       @project = Project.find_by(id: params[:project_id])
       @project = nil unless can?(current_user, :download_code, @project)
@@ -16,7 +18,6 @@ class SearchController < ApplicationController
       @group = nil unless can?(current_user, :read_group, @group)
     end
-    return if params[:search].nil? || params[:search].blank?
     @search_term = params[:search]
     @scope = params[:scope]
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class SearchController < ApplicationController
         Search::GlobalService.new(current_user, params).execute
       end
-    @objects = @search_results.objects(@scope, params[:page])
+    @search_objects = @search_results.objects(@scope, params[:page])
   end
   def autocomplete

app/helpers/search_helper.rb

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ module SearchHelper
   end
   def search_entries_info(collection, scope, term)
-    if collection.count > 0
-      from = collection.offset_value + 1
-      to = collection.offset_value + collection.length
-      count = collection.total_count
-      "Showing #{from} - #{to} of #{count} #{scope.humanize(capitalize: false)} for \"#{term}\""
-    end
+    return unless collection.count > 0
+    from = collection.offset_value + 1
+    to = collection.offset_value + collection.length
+    count = collection.total_count
+
+    "Showing #{from} - #{to} of #{count} #{scope.humanize(capitalize: false)} for \"#{term}\""
   end
   private

app/views/search/_results.html.haml

-- if @objects.empty?
+- if @search_objects.empty?
   = render partial: "search/results/empty"
 - else
   .gray-content-block
-    = search_entries_info @objects, @scope, @search_term
+    = search_entries_info(@search_objects, @scope, @search_term)
     - unless @show_snippets
       - if @project
         in project #{link_to @project.name_with_namespace, [@project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), @project]}
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     .search-results
       - if @scope == 'projects'
         .term
-          = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @objects
+          = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @search_objects
       - else
-        = render partial: "search/results/#{@scope.singularize}", collection: @objects
+        = render partial: "search/results/#{@scope.singularize}", collection: @search_objects
     - if @scope != 'projects'
-      = paginate @objects, theme: 'gitlab'
+      = paginate(@search_objects, theme: 'gitlab')