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I've gotta say, I strongly disagree with this: > GitHub already has a great code search At some point in the last year or so Github rolled out a new search en
by danielsamuels 11y ago
I've gotta say, I strongly disagree with this:
> GitHub already has a great code search
At some point in the last year or so Github rolled out a new search engine which drastically reduced it's usefulness. Any moderately complex search query now has all of the modifiers and key bits stripped out making your search results unnecessarily cluttered and somewhat useless. I consider it to be one of the worst parts of the site these days.
- davidcelis 11y agoI really wish there were some way to run code searches against branches/commits that aren't HEAD. If there is, it's not obvious.
- jberryman 11y agoI regret every single time I try to use github search, even for the most basic "where is X defined" type queries.
- anshukla 11y agoDepending on what you're trying to search for, maybe something intelligent like Sourcegraph would work?
- justinhj 11y agoGit grep is really fantastic, if github search came close I'd be delighted
- p8952 11y agoCould you please elaborate on what parts of git-grep you find most useful?
- johnbellone 11y agoGitHub has horrible search.