diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/scopeChooser/ScopeChooserUtils.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/scopeChooser/ScopeChooserUtils.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.ide.util.scopeChooser;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.packageDependencies.ChangeListsScopesProvider;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScopesCore;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.ProjectScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.scope.ProjectFilesScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.scope.ProjectProductionScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.scope.packageSet.NamedScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.scope.packageSet.NamedScopesHolder;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+public class ScopeChooserUtils {
+  private ScopeChooserUtils() {
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  public static GlobalSearchScope findScopeByName(@NotNull Project project, @Nullable String scopeName) {
+    NamedScope namedScope = scopeName == null ? null : ChangeListsScopesProvider.getInstance(project).getCustomScope(scopeName);
+    if (namedScope == null) {
+      namedScope = NamedScopesHolder.getScope(project, scopeName);
+    }
+    if (namedScope == null) {
+      namedScope = new ProjectFilesScope();
+    }
+    GlobalSearchScope scope = GlobalSearchScopesCore.filterScope(project, namedScope);
+    boolean restrictedToProject = namedScope instanceof ProjectFilesScope || namedScope instanceof ProjectProductionScope;
+    if (!restrictedToProject) {
+      scope = scope.intersectWith(ProjectScope.getContentScope(project));
+    }
+    return scope;
+  }
+}