Skip to content
Advanced search
Cheat sheet

Search cheat sheet

GitHub’s search supports a variety of different operations. Here’s a quick cheat sheet for some of the common searches.

For more information, visit our search help section.

Basic search

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".
join extension:coffee Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.
NOT cat Excludes all results containing cat.

Repository search

Repository search looks through the projects you have access to on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

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.
pugs pushed:>2013-01-28 Pugs repositories pushed to since Jan 28, 2013.
node.js forks:<200 Find all node.js repositories with less than 200 forks.
jquery size:1024..4089 Find jquery repositories between the sizes 1024 and 4089 kB.
gitx fork:true Repository search includes forks of gitx.
gitx fork:only Repository search returns only forks of gitx.

Code search

Code search looks through the files hosted on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search Finds repositories with…
install repo:charles/privaterepo Find all instances of install in code from the repository charles/privaterepo.
shogun user:heroku Find references to shogun from all public heroku repositories.
join extension:coffee Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.
system size:>1000 Find all instances of system in code of file size greater than 1000kbs.
examples path:/docs/ Find all examples in the path /docs/.
replace fork:true Search replace in the source code of forks.

Issue search

Issue search looks through issues and pull requests on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search Finds issues…
encoding user:heroku Encoding issues across the Heroku organization.
cat is:open Find cat issues that are open.
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.

This commit is to fix the warning messages of CMake while running $ debuild -uc -us command. - Issue: $ debuild -uc -us [enter] ... Omission ... CMake Warning: Manually-specified variables were ...

Hacktoberfest
leemgs opened Oct 31, 2018
21 comments
nnstreamer:master leemgs:upstream-cmake-warn

This commit is to update the existing changelog file to archive history of the version release. Signed-off-by: Geunsik Lim geunsik.lim@samsung.com [Template] PR Description In general, github system ...

Hacktoberfest
leemgs opened Oct 31, 2018
2 comments
nnstreamer:master leemgs:upstream-ver

Added: {% info %} Please note, when you are completing the following requests they should not be combined. For example, if requesting to delete one address, it is not necessary to add the delete_all=false ...

difficulty: medium hacktoberfest status: docs review request status: hacktoberfest approved
kelseyenglish opened Oct 31, 2018
3 comments
sendgrid:old-develop kelseyenglish:patch-7

Description of the change: Punctuation, capitalization, rephrasing Reason for the change: Consistency (UI terms) and readability Link to original source: !-- If this pull request closes an issue, add in ...

difficulty: medium hacktoberfest status: docs review request status: hacktoberfest approved
tkmarie opened Oct 31, 2018
2 comments
sendgrid:develop tkmarie:patch-5

Parse events no longer available in new activity feed. Check parse endpoint for posted events. Description of the change: ^^ Reason for the change: Old activity feed showed parse events. Customers with ...

difficulty: hard hacktoberfest status: docs review request status: hacktoberfest approved
kelseyenglish opened Oct 31, 2018
3 comments
sendgrid:develop kelseyenglish:patch-6

Summary Back end implementations for channel notification setting for disabling channel mentions Ticket Link https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/9505 Checklist - [x] Added or ...

Changelog/Done Hacktoberfest Tests/Done
letsila opened Oct 31, 2018
16 comments
mattermost:master letsila:MM-8404

Customers unknowingly delete lists and contacts remain in All Contacts so they are continuously charged. Big workaround to reverse this error, so hoping to inform users of the TWO contact deletion methods. ...

difficulty: easy hacktoberfest status: docs review request status: hacktoberfest approved
kelseyenglish opened Oct 31, 2018
5 comments
sendgrid:develop kelseyenglish:patch-5

Within Mail Settings Plain Content the messaging states Turn on if you don t want to convert your plain text email to HTML however our docs state The Plain Content setting will automatically convert any ...

difficulty: easy hacktoberfest status: hacktoberfest approved
kelseyenglish opened Oct 31, 2018
2 comments
sendgrid:develop kelseyenglish:patch-4

Description: This PR reverts the HAP-python update made with #17778 Although early testing looked promising, it turned out to cause more errors than it solved. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/17944 ...

bug cherry-picked cla-signed Hacktoberfest integration: homekit problem in dependency small-pr
cdce8p opened Oct 31, 2018
1 comment
home-assistant:dev cdce8p:homekit-revert-update

Description of the change: Fix broken link and improve readability Reason for the change: Better readability Link to original source: !-- If this pull request closes an issue, add in the issue number here ...

difficulty: easy hacktoberfest status: hacktoberfest approved
valerianpereira opened Oct 31, 2018
2 comments
sendgrid:develop valerianpereira:patch-5