Added server parsing of wildcards

store/sql_post_store.go

@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/mattermost/platform/model"
 	"github.com/mattermost/platform/utils"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 type SqlPostStore struct {
@@ -416,6 +419,12 @@ func (s SqlPostStore) Search(teamId string, userId string, terms string, isHasht
 		// cannot escape it so we replace it.
 		terms = strings.Replace(terms, "@", " ", -1)
 
+		// Parse text for wildcards
+		if wildcard, err := regexp.Compile("\\*($| )"); err == nil {
+			terms = wildcard.ReplaceAllLiteralString(terms, ":* ")
+			terms = strings.Replace(terms, "  ", " ", -1)
+		}
+
 		var posts []*model.Post
 
 		if utils.Cfg.SqlSettings.DriverName == "postgres" {