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This search Finds repositories with…
cat stars:>100 Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.
user:defunkt Get all repositories from the user defunkt.
tom location:"San Francisco, CA" Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
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NOT cat Excludes all results containing cat

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This search Finds repositories with…
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gitx fork:true Repository search includes forks of gitx.
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Code search

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This search Finds repositories with…
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This search Finds issues…
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strange comments:>42 Issues with more than 42 comments.
hard label:bug Hard issues labeled as a bug.
author:mojombo All issues authored by mojombo.
mentions:tpope All issues mentioning tpope.
assignee:rtomayko All issues assigned to rtomayko.
exception created:>2012-12-31 Created since the beginning of 2013.
exception updated:<2013-01-01 Last updated before 2013.

User search

User search finds users with an account on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search Finds repositories with…
fullname:"Linus Torvalds" Find users with the full name "Linus Torvalds".
tom location:"San Francisco, CA" Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
chris followers:100..200 Find all chris users with followers between 100 and 200.
ryan repos:>10 Find all ryan users with more than 10 repositories.
server/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/core/bitcoin/BitcoinValidatorFactory.java
Showing the top three matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
14 package org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin;
15
16 import org.hyperledger.core.*;
17
18 public class BitcoinValidatorFactory extends ValidatorFactory<BitcoinValidatorConfig> {
19
20 private final BitcoinValidatorConfig config;
21
22 private final BitcoinValidator validator;
server/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/server/PerformanceTest.java
Showing the top three matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
14 package org.hyperledger.server;
15
16 import org.hyperledger.common.*;
17 import org.hyperledger.core.BitcoinValidatorConfig;
18 import org.hyperledger.core.ScriptValidator;
19 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.JavaBitcoinScriptEvaluation;
server/native/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/nativelibs/LibBitcoinConsensusJNA.java
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Java
14 package org.hyperledger.nativelibs;
15
16 import com.sun.jna.Library;
17
18 public class LibBitcoinConsensusJNA {
19
20 public interface Libconsensus extends Library {
26 public static final boolean verifyScript(byte[] scriptPubKey, byte[] txTo, long nInValue, int nIn, int flags, BitcoinConsensusErrorHolder errorHolder) {
27 int[] err = new int[1];
Java
21 public class LibBitcoinConsensusJNATest {
22 // value is from from interpreter.h of the original bitcoin implementation
32 int nIn = 0;
33 long nInValue = 0;
34 LibBitcoinConsensusJNA.BitcoinConsensusErrorHolder error = new LibBitcoinConsensusJNA.BitcoinConsensusErrorHolder();
server/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/core/conf/CoreAssembly.java
Showing the top five matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
18 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinBlockStore;
19 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinMiner;
20 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinValidatorFactory;
21 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.MiningConfig;
server/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/server/DifficultyTest.java
Showing the top four matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
14 package org.hyperledger.server;
15
16 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinProductionValidatorConfig;
17 import org.junit.Test;
18
19 import java.math.BigInteger;
20
21 import static org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinDifficulty.getEncodedDifficulty;
server/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/core/BlockStoreTest.java
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
14 package org.hyperledger.core;
15
16 import org.hyperledger.common.*;
17 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinPersistentBlocks;
18 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.GenesisBlocks;
19 import org.hyperledger.core.color.ColoredValidatorConfig;
client/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/account/color/BitcoinComparator.java
Showing the top three matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
20 /** A Color comparator that sorts BITCOIN last, and considers anything else equal */
21 public class BitcoinComparator implements Comparator<Color> {
22 public static final BitcoinComparator INSTANCE = new BitcoinComparator();
server/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/core/UnitTestBitcoinValidatorFactory.java
Showing the top three matches Last indexed Jul 2, 2018
Java
14 package org.hyperledger.core;
15
16 import org.hyperledger.common.HyperLedgerException;
17 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinProductionValidatorConfig;
18 import org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin.BitcoinValidatorFactory;
19
20 import java.util.List;
server/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/core/bitcoin/BitcoinMinerTest.java
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Java
14 package org.hyperledger.core.bitcoin;
15
16 import org.hyperledger.account.KeyListChain;
17 import org.hyperledger.common.*;
18 import org.hyperledger.core.*;
31 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
32 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
33
34 public class BitcoinMinerTest {