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RIP Google Code Search, aka the best code search ever. No credible competitor has yet emerged, and this is a real loss for all programmers: no more easy searchi
by xroche 12y ago
RIP Google Code Search, aka the best code search ever. No credible competitor has yet emerged, and this is a real loss for all programmers: no more easy searching for sample code in obscure WIN32 Api, easy searching for arch-specific POSIX implementation details used by various open source projects, global error message grepping, and countless other little things which are not incredibly painful and difficult. I am still puzzled that we suffered such a tremendous regression.
- raldi 12y agoYou don't think github is all that and more?
- tedunangst 12y agoCan you search github with a regex?
- xroche 12y agoGithub search is fine, do not get me wrong. But this is like telling someone lamenting on the hypothetical end of Google search: "Just use the search function in Facebook, you don't need more"
- userbinator 12y agoGitHub's search doesn't support regular expressions. (I'm aware you can clone the repo and search it locally, but that somewhat defeats the point - especially for large projects.)
- gnufied 12y agoMy primary use of Google Code search was, searching for this rare function (like a POSIX one) whose man page I can't understand and is largely undocumented elsewhere. I would often try to understand how other projects are using this function via internet-wide code search. :D While Github is great, I think it still hosts only a small fraction of all the code that is public.
- jasonlotito 12y agoWe use github enterprise and I've only heard complaints about its search capabilities.
- cbr 12y agoGithub is a great alternative for Google Code. Nothing currently out there is as good as Google Code Search was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search
- evmar 12y agoDebian code search is the closest replacement I've found, though it doesn't really compare: https://codesearch.debian.net/ https://codesearch.debian.net/
- dyoo1979 12y agoSourceGraph might be interesting to look at. https://sourcegraph.com/ https://sourcegraph.com/
- xxgreg 12y agoI heard rumours that it was shut down because of license reasons. i.e. displaying the code to a user was making a copy in a legal sense, this has differing implications depending on the original software license.