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Learning how to search GitHub is NOT easy. So, Sofia Broberger and Susanna Frazier put their brains together and created The Big List of GitHub Search Operators. View the Google Sheet at http://bit.ly/ohGitHubOps.

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The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se Operator Use for Example archived: archived:false Issues & Pull requests archived:false GNOME matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "GNOME" in unarchived repositories you have access to. archived:false Repositories archived:false GNOME matches repositories that are not archived and contain the word "GNOME." archived:true Issues & Pull requests archived:true GNOME matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "GNOME" in archived repositories you have access to. archived:true Repositories archived:true GNOME matches repositories that are archived and contain the word "GNOME." asignee: assignee:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests assignee:vmg repo:libgit2/libgit2 matches issues and pull requests in libgit2's project libgit2 that are assigned to @vmg. author-date: author-date:YYYY-MM-DD Commits author-date:<2016-01-01 matches commits authored before 2016-01-01. author-email: author-email:EMAIL Commits author-email:chris@github.com matches commits authored by chris@github.com. author-name: author-name:NAME Commits author-name:wanstrath matches commits with "wanstrath" in the author name. author: author:app/USERNAME Issues & Pull requests author:app/robot matches issues created by the integration account named "robot." author:USERNAME Commits author:defunkt matches commits authored by @defunkt. author:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests cool author:gjtorikian matches issues and pull requests with the word "cool" that were created by @gjtorikian. bootstrap in:body author:mdo matches issues written by @mdo that contain the word "bootstrap" in the body. base: base:BASE_BRANCH Issues & Pull requests base:gh-pages matches pull requests that are being merged into the gh-pages branch. closed: closed:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests language:swift closed:>2014-06-11 matches issues and pull requests in Swift that were closed after June 11, 2014. comment: commenter:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests github commenter:defunkt org:github matches issues in repositories owned by GitHub, that contain the word "github," and have a comment by @defunkt. comments:n Issues & Pull requests state:closed comments:>100 matches closed issues with more than 100 comments. comments:500..1000 matches issues with comments ranging from 500 to 1,000.
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se committer-date: committer-date:YYYY-MM-DD Commits committer-date:>2016-01-01 matches commits committed after 2016-01-01. committer-email: committer-email:EMAIL Commits committer-email:chris@github.com matches commits committed by chris@github.com. committer-name: committer-name:NAME Commits committer-name:wanstrath matches commits with "wanstrath" in the committer name. committer: committer:USERNAME Commits committer:defunkt matches commits committed by @defunkt. created: created:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests language:c# created:<2011-01-01 state:open matches open issues that were created before 2011 in repositories written in C#. created:YYYY-MM-DD Repositories webos created:<2011-01-01 matches repositories with the word "webos" that were created before 2011. created:YYYY-MM-DD Users created:<2011-01-01 matches users that joined before 2011. created:>=2013-05-11 matches users that joined at or after May 11th, 2013. created:2013-03-06 location:london matches users that joined on March 6th, 2013, who list their location as London. created:2010-01-01..2011-01-01 john in:login matches users that joined between 2010 and 2011 with the word "john" in their username. extension: extension:EXTENSION Code form path:cgi-bin extension:pm matches code with the word "form," under cgi-bin , with the .pm file extension. extension:EXTENSION Code icon size:>200000 extension:css matches files larger than 200 KB that end in .css and have the word "icon." filename: filename:FILENAME Code filename:linguist matches files named "linguist." filename:.vimrc commands matches .vimrcfiles with the word "commands." filename:test_helper path:test language:ruby matches Ruby files named test_helper within the test directory. followers: followers:n Users followers:>=1000 matches users with 1,000 or more followers. sparkle followers:1..10 matches users with between 1 and 10 followers, with the word "sparkle" in their name.
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se fork: fork:only Code github fork:only matches all fork repositories containing the word "github." forks:>500 fork:only matches repositories with more than 500 forks, and only returns those that are forks. fork:only Repositories github fork:only matches all fork repositories containing the word "github." forks:>500 fork:only matches repositories with more than 500 forks, and only returns those that are forks. fork:true Code github fork:true matches all repositories containing the word "github," including forks. android language:java fork:true matches code with the word "android" that's written in Java, in both forks and regular repositories. fork:true Repositories android language:java fork:true matches code with the word "android" that's written in Java, in both forks and regular repositories. fork:true Repositories github fork:true matches all repositories containing the word "github," including forks. forks:n Repositories forks:5 matches repositories with only five forks. forks:>=205 matches repositories with at least 205 forks. forks:<90 matches repositories with fewer than 90 forks. forks:10..20 matches repositories with 10 to 20 forks. good-first-issues: good-first-issues:>n Repositories good-first-issues:>2 javascript matches repositories with more than two issues labeled good-first-issue and that contain the word "javascript." hash: hash:HASH Commits hash:124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 matches commits with the hash 124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105. head: head:HEAD_BRANCH Issues & Pull requests head:change is:closed is:unmerged matches pull requests opened from branch names containing the word "change" that are closed. help-wanted-issues: help-wanted-issues:>n Repositories help-wanted-issues:>4 react matches repositories with more than four issues labeled help-wanted and that contain the word "React." in: in:body Issues & Pull requests data in:body closed:<2012-10-01 matches issues and pull requests with the word "data" in the body that were closed before October 2012. in:body Issues & Pull requests error in:title,body matches issues with "error" in their title or body.
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se in:body Wikis installation in:body matches wiki pages with the word "installation" in their main body text. in:comments Issues & Pull requests shipit in:comments matches issues mentioning "shipit" in their comments. in:description Repositories jquery in:name,description matches repositories with "jquery" in their name or description. in:email Users data in:email matches users with the word "data" in their email. in:file Code octocat in:file matches code where "octocat" appears in the file contents. in:fullname Users bolton in:fullname matches users whose real name contains the word "bolton." in:login Users kenya in:login matches users with the word "kenya" in their username. in:name Repositories jquery in:name matches repositories with "jquery" in their name. in:path Code octocat in:path matches code where "octocat" appears in the file path. octocat in:file,path matches code where "octocat" appears in the file contents or the file path. in:readme Repositories jquery in:readme matches repositories mentioning "jquery" in their README file. octocat in:readme matches repositories mentioning ""octocat"" in their README file. in:title Issues & Pull requests fast in:title language:ruby merged:>=2014-05-01 matches pull requests in Ruby with the word "fast" in the title that were merged after May 2014. in:title Issues & Pull requests warning in:title matches issues with "warning" in their title. in:title Wikis usage in:title matches wiki page titles with the word "usage." involves: involves:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests involves:defunkt involves:jlord matches issues either @defunkt or @jlord are involved in. NOT bootstrap in:body involves:mdo matches issues @mdo is involved in that do not contain the word "bootstrap" in the body. is: is:closed Issues & Pull requests android is:closed matches closed issues and pull requests with the word "android." is:curated Topics is:curated javascript matches topics that are curated and contain the word "javascript." is:draft Issues & Pull requests is:draft matches draft pull requests. is:featured Topics is:featured javascript matches topics that are featured on https://github.com/topics/ and contain the word "javascript." is:issue Issues & Pull requests is:issue label:bug is:closed matches closed issues with the label "bug." is:locked Issues & Pull requests code of conduct is:locked is:issue archived:false matches issues or pull requests with the words "code of conduct" that have a locked conversation in a repository that is not archived.
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se is:merged Issues & Pull requests bugfix is:pr is:merged matches merged pull requests with the word "bugfix." is:not-curated Topics is:not-curated javascript matches topics that don't have extra information, such as a description or logo, and contain the word "javascript." is:not-featured Topics is:not-featured javascript matches topics that aren't featured on https://github.com/topics/and contain the word "javascript." is:open Issues & Pull requests performance is:open is:issue matches open issues with the word "performance." is:pr Issues & Pull requests event is:pr matches pull requests with the word "event." is:private Commits is:private matches private commits is:private Issues & Pull requests is:private cupcake matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "cupcake" in private repositories you have access to. is:private Repositories is:private pages matches private repositories you have access to and that contain the word "pages." is:public Commits is:public matches public commits. is:public Issues & Pull requests is:public matches issues and pull requests in all public repositories. is:public Repositories is:public org:github matches repositories owned by GitHub that are public. is:unlocked Issues & Pull requests code of conduct is:unlocked is:issue archived:false matches issues or pull requests with the words "code of conduct" that have an unlocked conversation in a repository that is not archived. is:unmerged Issues & Pull requests error is:unmerged matches closed issues and pull requests with the word "error." label: label:LABEL Issues & Pull requests label:"help wanted" language:ruby matches issues with the label "help wanted" that are in Ruby repositories. broken in:body -label:bug label:priority matches issues with the word "broken" in the body, that lack the label "bug", but do have the label "priority." label:bug label:resolved matches issues with the labels "bug" and "resolved." language: language:LANGUAGE Code element language:xml size:100 matches code with the word "element" that's marked as being XML and has exactly 100 bytes. display language:scss matches code with the word "display," that's marked as being SCSS. org:mozilla language:markdown matches code from all @mozilla's repositories that's marked as Markdown. language:LANGUAGE Issues & Pull requests language:ruby state:open matches open issues that are in Ruby repositories. language:LANGUAGE Repositories rails language:javascript matches repositories with the word "rails" that are written in JavaScript.
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se language:LANGUAGE Users language:javascript location:russia matches users in Russia with a majority of their repositories written in JavaScript. jenny language:javascript in:fullname matches users with JavaScript repositories whose full name contains the word "jenny." license: license:LICENSE_KEYWORD Repositories license:apache-2.0 matches repositories that are licensed under Apache License 2.0. location: location:LOCATION Users repos:1 location:iceland matches users with exactly one repository that live in Iceland. mentions: mentions:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests resque mentions:defunkt matches issues with the word "resque" that mention @defunkt. merge: merge:false Commits merge:false matches non-merge commits merge:true Commits merge:true matches merge commits. merged: merged:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests language:javascript merged:<2011-01-01 matches pull requests in JavaScript repositories that were merged before 2011. milestone: milestone:MILESTONE Issues & Pull requests milestone:"overhaul" matches issues that are in a milestone named "overhaul." milestone:"bug fix" matches issues that are in a milestone named "bug fix." mirror: mirror:false Repositories mirror:false GNOME matches repositories that are not mirrors and contain the word "GNOME." mirror:true Repositories mirror:true GNOME matches repositories that are mirrors and contain the word "GNOME." no: no:assignee Issues & Pull requests important no:assignee language:java type:issue matches issues not associated with an assignee, containing the word "important," and in Java repositories. no:label Issues & Pull requests priority no:label matches issues and pull requests with the word "priority" that also don't have any labels. no:milestone Issues & Pull requests sprint no:milestone type:issue matches issues not associated with a milestone containing the word "sprint." no:project Issues & Pull requests build no:project matches issues not associated with a project board, containing the word "build." org: org:ORGNAME Code org:github extension:js matches code from GitHub that ends in .js . org:ORGNAME Commits test org:github matches commit messages with the word "test" in repositories owned by @github.
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se org:ORGNAME Issues & Pull requests org:github matches issues in repositories owned by the GitHub organization. org:ORGNAME Repositories org:github matches repositories from GitHub. org:ORGNAME Wikis org:github matches wikis in repositories owned by the GitHub organization. parent: parent:HASH Commits parent:124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 matches children of commits with the hash 124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 path: path:/ Code octocat filename:readme path:/ matches readme files with the word "octocat" that are located at the root level of a repository. path:DIRECTORY Code form path:cgi-bin language:perl matches Perl files with the word "form" in a cgi-bindirectory, or in any of its subdirectories. path:PATH/TO/DIRECTORY Code console path:app/public language:javascript matches JavaScript files with the word "console" in an app/public directory, or in any of its subdirectories (even if they reside inapp/public/js/form-validators ). project: project:PROJECT_BOARD Issues & Pull requests project:github/57 matches issues owned by GitHub that are associated with the organization's project board 57. project:REPOSITORY/PROJECT_BOARD Issues & Pull requests project:github/linguist/1 matches issues that are associated with project board 1 in @github's linguist repository. pushed: pushed:YYYY-MM-DD Repositories css pushed:>2013-02-01 matches repositories with the word "css" that were pushed to after January 2013. case pushed:>=2013-03-06 fork:only matches repositories with the word "case" that were pushed to on or after March 6th, 2013, and that are forks. repo: repo:USERNAME/REPO Commits language repo:defunkt/gibberish matches commit messages with the word "language" in @defunkt's "gibberish" repository. repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY Code repo:mozilla/shumway extension:as matches code from @mozilla's shumway project that ends in .as . repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY Issues & Pull requests repo:mozilla/shumway created:<2012-03-01 matches issues from @mozilla's shumway project that were created before March 2012. repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY Wikis repo:defunkt/gibberish matches wiki pages from @defunkt's "gibberish" repository. repos: repos:n Users repos:>9000 matches users whose repository count is over 9,000. bert repos:10..30 matches users with the word "bert" in their username or real name who own 10 to 30 repositories. review-requested: review-requested:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests type:pr review-requested:benbalter matches pull requests where a specific person is requested for review. Requested reviewers are no longer listed in the search results after they review a pull request. If the requested person is on a team that is requested for review, then review requests for that team will also appear in the search results. review:
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se review:approved Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:approved matches pull requests that a reviewer has approved. review:changes_requested Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:changes_requested matches pull requests in which a reviewer has asked for changes. review:none Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:none matches pull requests that have not been reviewed. review:required Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:required matches pull requests that require a review before they can be merged. reviewed-by: reviewed-by:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests type:pr reviewed-by:gjtorikian matches pull requests reviewed by a particular person. SHA SHA Issues & Pull requests e1109ab matches pull requests with a commit SHA that starts with e1109ab. 0eff326d6213c is:merged matches merged pull requests with a commit SHA that starts with 0eff326d6213c. size: size:n Code function size:>10000 language:python matches code with the word "function," written in Python, in files that are larger than 10 KB. size:n Repositories size:1000 matches repositories that are 1 MB exactly. size:>=30000 matches repositories that are at least 30 MB. size:<50 matches repositories that are smaller than 50 KB. size:50..120 matches repositories that are between 50 KB and 120 KB. size:>=30000 matches repositories that are at least 30 MB. size:<50 matches repositories that are smaller than 50 KB. size:50..120 matches repositories that are between 50 KB and 120 KB. stars: stars:n Repositories stars:500 matches repositories with exactly 500 stars. stars:10..20 matches repositories 10 to 20 stars, that are smaller than 1000 KB. stars:>=500 fork:true language:php matches repositories with the at least 500 stars, including forked ones, that are written in PHP. state: state:closed Issues & Pull requests design state:closed in:body matches closed issues with the word "design" in the body. state:open Issues & Pull requests libraries state:open mentions:vmg matches open issues that mention @vmg with the word "libraries." status:
The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se status:failure Issues & Pull requests created:2015-05-01..2015-05-30 status:failure matches pull requests opened on May 2015 with a failed status. status:pending Issues & Pull requests language:go status:pending matches pull requests opened into Go repositories where the status is pending. status:success Issues & Pull requests is:open status:success finally in:body matches open pull requests with the word "finally" in the body with a successful status. team-review-requested: team-review-requested:TEAMNAME Issues & Pull requests type:pr review-requested:atom/design matches pull requests that have review requests from the team atom/design. Requested reviewers are no longer listed in the search results after they review a pull request. team: team:ORGNAME/TEAMNAME Issues & Pull requests team:jekyll/owners matches issues where the @jekyll/owners team is mentioned. team:myorg/ops is:open is:pr matches open pull requests where the @myorg/ops team is mentioned. topic: topic:TOPIC Repositories topic:jekyll matches repositories that have been classified with the topic "jekyll." tree: tree:HASH Commits tree:99ca967 matches commits that refer to the tree hash 99ca967 type: type:issue Issues & Pull requests github commenter:defunkt type:issue matches issues that contain the word "github," and have a comment by @defunkt. type:org Users data in:email type:org matches organizations with the word "data" in their email. type:pr Issues & Pull requests cat type:pr matches pull requests with the word "cat." type:user Users mike in:name created:<2011-01-01 type:user matches personal accounts named "mike" that were created before 2011. updated: updated:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests weird in:body updated:>=2013-02-01 matches issues with the word "weird" in the body that were updated after February 2013. updated:YYYY-MM-DD Wikis usage updated:>2016-01-01 matches wiki pages with the word "usage" that were last updated after 2016-01-01. user: user:USERNAME Code user:defunkt extension:rb matches code from @defunkt that ends in .rb . user:USERNAME Commits gibberish user:defunkt matches commit messages with the word "gibberish" in repositories owned by @defunkt. user:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests user:defunkt ubuntu matches issues with the word "ubuntu" from repositories owned by @defunkt. user:USERNAME Repositories user:defunkt forks:>100 matches repositories from @defunkt that have more than 100 forks. user:USERNAME Wikis user:defunkt matches wiki pages from repositories owned by @defunkt.

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  • 1. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se Operator Use for Example archived: archived:false Issues & Pull requests archived:false GNOME matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "GNOME" in unarchived repositories you have access to. archived:false Repositories archived:false GNOME matches repositories that are not archived and contain the word "GNOME." archived:true Issues & Pull requests archived:true GNOME matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "GNOME" in archived repositories you have access to. archived:true Repositories archived:true GNOME matches repositories that are archived and contain the word "GNOME." asignee: assignee:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests assignee:vmg repo:libgit2/libgit2 matches issues and pull requests in libgit2's project libgit2 that are assigned to @vmg. author-date: author-date:YYYY-MM-DD Commits author-date:<2016-01-01 matches commits authored before 2016-01-01. author-email: author-email:EMAIL Commits author-email:chris@github.com matches commits authored by chris@github.com. author-name: author-name:NAME Commits author-name:wanstrath matches commits with "wanstrath" in the author name. author: author:app/USERNAME Issues & Pull requests author:app/robot matches issues created by the integration account named "robot." author:USERNAME Commits author:defunkt matches commits authored by @defunkt. author:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests cool author:gjtorikian matches issues and pull requests with the word "cool" that were created by @gjtorikian. bootstrap in:body author:mdo matches issues written by @mdo that contain the word "bootstrap" in the body. base: base:BASE_BRANCH Issues & Pull requests base:gh-pages matches pull requests that are being merged into the gh-pages branch. closed: closed:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests language:swift closed:>2014-06-11 matches issues and pull requests in Swift that were closed after June 11, 2014. comment: commenter:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests github commenter:defunkt org:github matches issues in repositories owned by GitHub, that contain the word "github," and have a comment by @defunkt. comments:n Issues & Pull requests state:closed comments:>100 matches closed issues with more than 100 comments. comments:500..1000 matches issues with comments ranging from 500 to 1,000.
  • 2. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se committer-date: committer-date:YYYY-MM-DD Commits committer-date:>2016-01-01 matches commits committed after 2016-01-01. committer-email: committer-email:EMAIL Commits committer-email:chris@github.com matches commits committed by chris@github.com. committer-name: committer-name:NAME Commits committer-name:wanstrath matches commits with "wanstrath" in the committer name. committer: committer:USERNAME Commits committer:defunkt matches commits committed by @defunkt. created: created:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests language:c# created:<2011-01-01 state:open matches open issues that were created before 2011 in repositories written in C#. created:YYYY-MM-DD Repositories webos created:<2011-01-01 matches repositories with the word "webos" that were created before 2011. created:YYYY-MM-DD Users created:<2011-01-01 matches users that joined before 2011. created:>=2013-05-11 matches users that joined at or after May 11th, 2013. created:2013-03-06 location:london matches users that joined on March 6th, 2013, who list their location as London. created:2010-01-01..2011-01-01 john in:login matches users that joined between 2010 and 2011 with the word "john" in their username. extension: extension:EXTENSION Code form path:cgi-bin extension:pm matches code with the word "form," under cgi-bin , with the .pm file extension. extension:EXTENSION Code icon size:>200000 extension:css matches files larger than 200 KB that end in .css and have the word "icon." filename: filename:FILENAME Code filename:linguist matches files named "linguist." filename:.vimrc commands matches .vimrcfiles with the word "commands." filename:test_helper path:test language:ruby matches Ruby files named test_helper within the test directory. followers: followers:n Users followers:>=1000 matches users with 1,000 or more followers. sparkle followers:1..10 matches users with between 1 and 10 followers, with the word "sparkle" in their name.
  • 3. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se fork: fork:only Code github fork:only matches all fork repositories containing the word "github." forks:>500 fork:only matches repositories with more than 500 forks, and only returns those that are forks. fork:only Repositories github fork:only matches all fork repositories containing the word "github." forks:>500 fork:only matches repositories with more than 500 forks, and only returns those that are forks. fork:true Code github fork:true matches all repositories containing the word "github," including forks. android language:java fork:true matches code with the word "android" that's written in Java, in both forks and regular repositories. fork:true Repositories android language:java fork:true matches code with the word "android" that's written in Java, in both forks and regular repositories. fork:true Repositories github fork:true matches all repositories containing the word "github," including forks. forks:n Repositories forks:5 matches repositories with only five forks. forks:>=205 matches repositories with at least 205 forks. forks:<90 matches repositories with fewer than 90 forks. forks:10..20 matches repositories with 10 to 20 forks. good-first-issues: good-first-issues:>n Repositories good-first-issues:>2 javascript matches repositories with more than two issues labeled good-first-issue and that contain the word "javascript." hash: hash:HASH Commits hash:124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 matches commits with the hash 124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105. head: head:HEAD_BRANCH Issues & Pull requests head:change is:closed is:unmerged matches pull requests opened from branch names containing the word "change" that are closed. help-wanted-issues: help-wanted-issues:>n Repositories help-wanted-issues:>4 react matches repositories with more than four issues labeled help-wanted and that contain the word "React." in: in:body Issues & Pull requests data in:body closed:<2012-10-01 matches issues and pull requests with the word "data" in the body that were closed before October 2012. in:body Issues & Pull requests error in:title,body matches issues with "error" in their title or body.
  • 4. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se in:body Wikis installation in:body matches wiki pages with the word "installation" in their main body text. in:comments Issues & Pull requests shipit in:comments matches issues mentioning "shipit" in their comments. in:description Repositories jquery in:name,description matches repositories with "jquery" in their name or description. in:email Users data in:email matches users with the word "data" in their email. in:file Code octocat in:file matches code where "octocat" appears in the file contents. in:fullname Users bolton in:fullname matches users whose real name contains the word "bolton." in:login Users kenya in:login matches users with the word "kenya" in their username. in:name Repositories jquery in:name matches repositories with "jquery" in their name. in:path Code octocat in:path matches code where "octocat" appears in the file path. octocat in:file,path matches code where "octocat" appears in the file contents or the file path. in:readme Repositories jquery in:readme matches repositories mentioning "jquery" in their README file. octocat in:readme matches repositories mentioning ""octocat"" in their README file. in:title Issues & Pull requests fast in:title language:ruby merged:>=2014-05-01 matches pull requests in Ruby with the word "fast" in the title that were merged after May 2014. in:title Issues & Pull requests warning in:title matches issues with "warning" in their title. in:title Wikis usage in:title matches wiki page titles with the word "usage." involves: involves:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests involves:defunkt involves:jlord matches issues either @defunkt or @jlord are involved in. NOT bootstrap in:body involves:mdo matches issues @mdo is involved in that do not contain the word "bootstrap" in the body. is: is:closed Issues & Pull requests android is:closed matches closed issues and pull requests with the word "android." is:curated Topics is:curated javascript matches topics that are curated and contain the word "javascript." is:draft Issues & Pull requests is:draft matches draft pull requests. is:featured Topics is:featured javascript matches topics that are featured on https://github.com/topics/ and contain the word "javascript." is:issue Issues & Pull requests is:issue label:bug is:closed matches closed issues with the label "bug." is:locked Issues & Pull requests code of conduct is:locked is:issue archived:false matches issues or pull requests with the words "code of conduct" that have a locked conversation in a repository that is not archived.
  • 5. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se is:merged Issues & Pull requests bugfix is:pr is:merged matches merged pull requests with the word "bugfix." is:not-curated Topics is:not-curated javascript matches topics that don't have extra information, such as a description or logo, and contain the word "javascript." is:not-featured Topics is:not-featured javascript matches topics that aren't featured on https://github.com/topics/and contain the word "javascript." is:open Issues & Pull requests performance is:open is:issue matches open issues with the word "performance." is:pr Issues & Pull requests event is:pr matches pull requests with the word "event." is:private Commits is:private matches private commits is:private Issues & Pull requests is:private cupcake matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "cupcake" in private repositories you have access to. is:private Repositories is:private pages matches private repositories you have access to and that contain the word "pages." is:public Commits is:public matches public commits. is:public Issues & Pull requests is:public matches issues and pull requests in all public repositories. is:public Repositories is:public org:github matches repositories owned by GitHub that are public. is:unlocked Issues & Pull requests code of conduct is:unlocked is:issue archived:false matches issues or pull requests with the words "code of conduct" that have an unlocked conversation in a repository that is not archived. is:unmerged Issues & Pull requests error is:unmerged matches closed issues and pull requests with the word "error." label: label:LABEL Issues & Pull requests label:"help wanted" language:ruby matches issues with the label "help wanted" that are in Ruby repositories. broken in:body -label:bug label:priority matches issues with the word "broken" in the body, that lack the label "bug", but do have the label "priority." label:bug label:resolved matches issues with the labels "bug" and "resolved." language: language:LANGUAGE Code element language:xml size:100 matches code with the word "element" that's marked as being XML and has exactly 100 bytes. display language:scss matches code with the word "display," that's marked as being SCSS. org:mozilla language:markdown matches code from all @mozilla's repositories that's marked as Markdown. language:LANGUAGE Issues & Pull requests language:ruby state:open matches open issues that are in Ruby repositories. language:LANGUAGE Repositories rails language:javascript matches repositories with the word "rails" that are written in JavaScript.
  • 6. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se language:LANGUAGE Users language:javascript location:russia matches users in Russia with a majority of their repositories written in JavaScript. jenny language:javascript in:fullname matches users with JavaScript repositories whose full name contains the word "jenny." license: license:LICENSE_KEYWORD Repositories license:apache-2.0 matches repositories that are licensed under Apache License 2.0. location: location:LOCATION Users repos:1 location:iceland matches users with exactly one repository that live in Iceland. mentions: mentions:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests resque mentions:defunkt matches issues with the word "resque" that mention @defunkt. merge: merge:false Commits merge:false matches non-merge commits merge:true Commits merge:true matches merge commits. merged: merged:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests language:javascript merged:<2011-01-01 matches pull requests in JavaScript repositories that were merged before 2011. milestone: milestone:MILESTONE Issues & Pull requests milestone:"overhaul" matches issues that are in a milestone named "overhaul." milestone:"bug fix" matches issues that are in a milestone named "bug fix." mirror: mirror:false Repositories mirror:false GNOME matches repositories that are not mirrors and contain the word "GNOME." mirror:true Repositories mirror:true GNOME matches repositories that are mirrors and contain the word "GNOME." no: no:assignee Issues & Pull requests important no:assignee language:java type:issue matches issues not associated with an assignee, containing the word "important," and in Java repositories. no:label Issues & Pull requests priority no:label matches issues and pull requests with the word "priority" that also don't have any labels. no:milestone Issues & Pull requests sprint no:milestone type:issue matches issues not associated with a milestone containing the word "sprint." no:project Issues & Pull requests build no:project matches issues not associated with a project board, containing the word "build." org: org:ORGNAME Code org:github extension:js matches code from GitHub that ends in .js . org:ORGNAME Commits test org:github matches commit messages with the word "test" in repositories owned by @github.
  • 7. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se org:ORGNAME Issues & Pull requests org:github matches issues in repositories owned by the GitHub organization. org:ORGNAME Repositories org:github matches repositories from GitHub. org:ORGNAME Wikis org:github matches wikis in repositories owned by the GitHub organization. parent: parent:HASH Commits parent:124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 matches children of commits with the hash 124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 path: path:/ Code octocat filename:readme path:/ matches readme files with the word "octocat" that are located at the root level of a repository. path:DIRECTORY Code form path:cgi-bin language:perl matches Perl files with the word "form" in a cgi-bindirectory, or in any of its subdirectories. path:PATH/TO/DIRECTORY Code console path:app/public language:javascript matches JavaScript files with the word "console" in an app/public directory, or in any of its subdirectories (even if they reside inapp/public/js/form-validators ). project: project:PROJECT_BOARD Issues & Pull requests project:github/57 matches issues owned by GitHub that are associated with the organization's project board 57. project:REPOSITORY/PROJECT_BOARD Issues & Pull requests project:github/linguist/1 matches issues that are associated with project board 1 in @github's linguist repository. pushed: pushed:YYYY-MM-DD Repositories css pushed:>2013-02-01 matches repositories with the word "css" that were pushed to after January 2013. case pushed:>=2013-03-06 fork:only matches repositories with the word "case" that were pushed to on or after March 6th, 2013, and that are forks. repo: repo:USERNAME/REPO Commits language repo:defunkt/gibberish matches commit messages with the word "language" in @defunkt's "gibberish" repository. repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY Code repo:mozilla/shumway extension:as matches code from @mozilla's shumway project that ends in .as . repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY Issues & Pull requests repo:mozilla/shumway created:<2012-03-01 matches issues from @mozilla's shumway project that were created before March 2012. repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY Wikis repo:defunkt/gibberish matches wiki pages from @defunkt's "gibberish" repository. repos: repos:n Users repos:>9000 matches users whose repository count is over 9,000. bert repos:10..30 matches users with the word "bert" in their username or real name who own 10 to 30 repositories. review-requested: review-requested:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests type:pr review-requested:benbalter matches pull requests where a specific person is requested for review. Requested reviewers are no longer listed in the search results after they review a pull request. If the requested person is on a team that is requested for review, then review requests for that team will also appear in the search results. review:
  • 8. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se review:approved Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:approved matches pull requests that a reviewer has approved. review:changes_requested Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:changes_requested matches pull requests in which a reviewer has asked for changes. review:none Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:none matches pull requests that have not been reviewed. review:required Issues & Pull requests type:pr review:required matches pull requests that require a review before they can be merged. reviewed-by: reviewed-by:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests type:pr reviewed-by:gjtorikian matches pull requests reviewed by a particular person. SHA SHA Issues & Pull requests e1109ab matches pull requests with a commit SHA that starts with e1109ab. 0eff326d6213c is:merged matches merged pull requests with a commit SHA that starts with 0eff326d6213c. size: size:n Code function size:>10000 language:python matches code with the word "function," written in Python, in files that are larger than 10 KB. size:n Repositories size:1000 matches repositories that are 1 MB exactly. size:>=30000 matches repositories that are at least 30 MB. size:<50 matches repositories that are smaller than 50 KB. size:50..120 matches repositories that are between 50 KB and 120 KB. size:>=30000 matches repositories that are at least 30 MB. size:<50 matches repositories that are smaller than 50 KB. size:50..120 matches repositories that are between 50 KB and 120 KB. stars: stars:n Repositories stars:500 matches repositories with exactly 500 stars. stars:10..20 matches repositories 10 to 20 stars, that are smaller than 1000 KB. stars:>=500 fork:true language:php matches repositories with the at least 500 stars, including forked ones, that are written in PHP. state: state:closed Issues & Pull requests design state:closed in:body matches closed issues with the word "design" in the body. state:open Issues & Pull requests libraries state:open mentions:vmg matches open issues that mention @vmg with the word "libraries." status:
  • 9. The Big List of GitHub Search Operators Susanna Frazier me@ohsusannamarie.com ohsusannamarie.com Sofia Broberger me@sofiabroberger.se sofiabroberger.se status:failure Issues & Pull requests created:2015-05-01..2015-05-30 status:failure matches pull requests opened on May 2015 with a failed status. status:pending Issues & Pull requests language:go status:pending matches pull requests opened into Go repositories where the status is pending. status:success Issues & Pull requests is:open status:success finally in:body matches open pull requests with the word "finally" in the body with a successful status. team-review-requested: team-review-requested:TEAMNAME Issues & Pull requests type:pr review-requested:atom/design matches pull requests that have review requests from the team atom/design. Requested reviewers are no longer listed in the search results after they review a pull request. team: team:ORGNAME/TEAMNAME Issues & Pull requests team:jekyll/owners matches issues where the @jekyll/owners team is mentioned. team:myorg/ops is:open is:pr matches open pull requests where the @myorg/ops team is mentioned. topic: topic:TOPIC Repositories topic:jekyll matches repositories that have been classified with the topic "jekyll." tree: tree:HASH Commits tree:99ca967 matches commits that refer to the tree hash 99ca967 type: type:issue Issues & Pull requests github commenter:defunkt type:issue matches issues that contain the word "github," and have a comment by @defunkt. type:org Users data in:email type:org matches organizations with the word "data" in their email. type:pr Issues & Pull requests cat type:pr matches pull requests with the word "cat." type:user Users mike in:name created:<2011-01-01 type:user matches personal accounts named "mike" that were created before 2011. updated: updated:YYYY-MM-DD Issues & Pull requests weird in:body updated:>=2013-02-01 matches issues with the word "weird" in the body that were updated after February 2013. updated:YYYY-MM-DD Wikis usage updated:>2016-01-01 matches wiki pages with the word "usage" that were last updated after 2016-01-01. user: user:USERNAME Code user:defunkt extension:rb matches code from @defunkt that ends in .rb . user:USERNAME Commits gibberish user:defunkt matches commit messages with the word "gibberish" in repositories owned by @defunkt. user:USERNAME Issues & Pull requests user:defunkt ubuntu matches issues with the word "ubuntu" from repositories owned by @defunkt. user:USERNAME Repositories user:defunkt forks:>100 matches repositories from @defunkt that have more than 100 forks. user:USERNAME Wikis user:defunkt matches wiki pages from repositories owned by @defunkt.