Advanced GitHub Search Tricks & Tips

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GitHub Tricks & Tips

Random tips

• Add an image to a Gist here: drop and drag the image into a comment on the gist, copy the generated code (there's no need to actually publish the comment).
• Compare two commits: github.com//<repo_name>/compare/...
  • Example: https://github.com/hotwired/turbo/compare/a7d6566c7885694f00105946f44586593a3252cb...4593d06ce58d17af5b17495ad8524eaa9bc2f5d2
    • From here.
  • Can also compare by relase tags

Search

Search for filename

From here. Example: if looking for 'user.rb', try:

in:path user.rb

or

filename:user.rb

Order issues by reactions

Example URL: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Afeature-request+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc

Search operators:

is:open is:issue label:feature-request sort:reactions-+1-desc 

This example searches only issues with the 'feature-request' tag, and orders according to reactions (I think it's thumbs up less thumbs down, but I could be wrong)