GitHub built a new code-focused search engine in Rust because popular text search engines couldn't scale enough. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer Feb. 9, 2023 at 3:24 a.m. PT ...

Following a two-year effort that involved an invite-only, 17-month technology preview, GitHub Code Search is now generally available. "Our goal with the new code search and code view is to enable ...

GitHub published a guide to syntax, including but not limited to the usual stuff like leveraging boolean operations in queries or performing an exact search with quotation marks. There are also ...

GitHub build its search index by analyzing 45 million repositories, amounting to 115TB of content across 15.5 billion documents, which is a daunting task.

The search results could reveal any occurrences of the prop, including some linter rules that forbid its use. GitHub also redesigned its code view to integrate search, browsing, and code navigation.

New GitHub code search The new search promises to be “about twice as fast” as it once was. It also looks to actually understand code, thus helping users to find more accurate and relevant results.

GitHub is also improving its code search, adding scheduled reminders and launching a pre-release program that will allow users to try out new features before they are ready for a wider rollout.

One GitHub search revealed almost 269,000 entries like the one pictured above, showing the domain name or IP address, username, and password needed to log in to each account.

GitHub is inviting developers to take part in a technology preview of improved code search, which it describes as "way more than grep," the Linux command-line search utility. The project has its own ...