Provided by: gh_2.45.0-1build1_amd64
NAME
gh-search-code - Search within code
SYNOPSIS
gh search code <query> [flags]
DESCRIPTION
Search within code in GitHub repositories. The search syntax is documented at: ⟨https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-code⟩ Note that these search results are powered by what is now a legacy GitHub code search engine. The results might not match what is seen on github.com, and new features like regex search are not yet available via the GitHub API.
OPTIONS
--extension <string> Filter on file extension --filename <string> Filter on filename -q, --jq <expression> Filter JSON output using a jq expression --json <fields> Output JSON with the specified fields --language <string> Filter results by language -L, --limit <int> (default 30) Maximum number of code results to fetch --match <strings> Restrict search to file contents or file path: {file|path} --owner <strings> Filter on owner -R, --repo <strings> Filter on repository --size <string> Filter on size range, in kilobytes -t, --template <string> Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting" -w, --web Open the search query in the web browser
EXAMPLE
# search code matching "react" and "lifecycle" $ gh search code react lifecycle # search code matching "error handling" $ gh search code "error handling" # search code matching "deque" in Python files $ gh search code deque --language=python # search code matching "cli" in repositories owned by microsoft organization $ gh search code cli --owner=microsoft # search code matching "panic" in the GitHub CLI repository $ gh search code panic --repo cli/cli # search code matching keyword "lint" in package.json files $ gh search code lint --filename package.json
SEE ALSO
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