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Searching for exact code matches is super useful while coding. Good to see another tool for this. So far, the only tool I know that offers it is grep.app. It

• dotancohen 5y ago
  Github also has a code-search feature. It's returning two orders of magnitude more results for "boolean isCyclic" than is grep.app: https://github.com/search?q=%22boolean+isCyclic%28%22+size%3A%3E1&type=Code https://github.com/search?q=%22boolean+isCyclic%28%22+size%3...
  • sqs 5y ago
    Sourcegraph (disclaimer: where I work) code search returns ~2700 results (more than the other 2 linked) and properly matches the "(" (which GitHub's current code search incorrectly ignores). https://sourcegraph.com/search?q=context:global+boolean+isCyclic%28+count:10000&patternType=literal https://sourcegraph.com/search?q=context:global+boolean+isCy... (Still, awesome to see more code search tools get built! Most devs aren't using code search and have no idea why it's awesome, so anything that changes that is a huge help.)
    • dotancohen 5y ago
      Terrific, thank you!
    • ramoz 5y ago
      Wow, the Sourcegraph search is returning results I couldn’t find yesterday on GitHub. Bookmarked.
  • wodenokoto 5y ago
    Doesn't it ignore special characters like : , . ( ) etc.? I remember struggling to find function definitions because `f(` would be treated like `f` I've also not found a way to filter out tests. I know tests are also code, but most of the time I am not interested in them.
    • dotancohen 5y ago
      You've got to put the search string in quotes.
  • petepete 5y ago
    There's also cs.github.com which is fantastic and in beta at the moment.
• ahmadrosid 5y ago
  I was inspired by grep.app in making this project.