Search Github

Couple of notes about searching on Github that have proven to be quite useful:

  1. You can include/exclude specific files using the filename property in a search.

    The following searches for content “some content” only in .config files.

    some content filename:.config
    

    The following searches for content “some content” in all files but .config files.

    some content -filename:.config
    
  2. You can include/exclude specific users and organizations in a search. This is handy when I’m trying to judge how much use a library of mine is getting in the open source community while avoiding my own projects.

    The following excludes matches in the specified users/organizations.

    scala-debugger -user:ensime -user:chipsenkbeil