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## Search cheat sheet

GitHub’s search supports a variety of different operations. Here’s a quick cheat sheet for some of the common searches.

For more information, visit our search help section.

## Basic search

This search | Finds repositories with…
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cat stars:>100 | Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.
user:defunkt | Get all repositories from the user defunkt.
tom location:"San Francisco, CA" | Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
join extension:coffee | Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.
NOT cat | Excludes all results containing cat

## Repository search

Repository search looks through the projects you have access to on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search | Finds repositories with…
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cat stars:>100 | Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.
user:defunkt | Get all repositories from the user defunkt.
pugs pushed:>2013-01-28 | Pugs repositories pushed to since Jan 28, 2013.
node.js forks:<200 | Find all node.js repositories with less than 200 forks.
jquery size:1024..4089 | Find jquery repositories between the sizes 1024 and 4089 kB.
gitx fork:true | Repository search includes forks of gitx.
gitx fork:only | Repository search returns only forks of gitx.

## Code search

Code search looks through the files hosted on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search | Finds repositories with…
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install repo:charles/privaterepo | Find all instances of install in code from the repository charles/privaterepo.
shogun user:heroku | Find references to shogun from all public heroku repositories.
join extension:coffee | Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.
system size:>1000 | Find all instances of system in code of file size greater than 1000kbs.
examples path:/docs/ | Find all examples in the path /docs/.
replace fork:true | Search replace in the source code of forks.

## Issue search

Issue search looks through issues and pull requests on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search | Finds issues…
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encoding user:heroku | Encoding issues across the Heroku organization.
cat is:open | Find cat issues that are open.
strange comments:>42 | Issues with more than 42 comments.
hard label:bug | Hard issues labeled as a bug.
author:mojombo | All issues authored by mojombo.
mentions:tpope | All issues mentioning tpope.
assignee:rtomayko | All issues assigned to rtomayko.
exception created:>2012-12-31 | Created since the beginning of 2013.
exception updated:<2013-01-01 | Last updated before 2013.

## User search

User search finds users with an account on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

This search | Finds repositories with…
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fullname:"Linus Torvalds" | Find users with the full name "Linus Torvalds".
tom location:"San Francisco, CA" | Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
chris followers:100..200 | Find all chris users with followers between 100 and 200.
ryan repos:>10 | Find all ryan users with more than 10 repositories.

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