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Show search query filter list (inside search field)

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Values

<string-literal>
<regexp-pattern>

Declarations

Match value occurrence anywhere

<filter>:<value>

Match results that begin or end with value

<filter>:^<value>
<filter>:<value>$

Find exact matches for value

<filter>:^<value>$

Exclude results that match filter and value

-<filter>:<value>

Filters

Repo (exact match)

repo:^<repo-url>$

Directory / File (with regex variations)

file:<file-path>
file:^<root-path>
file:^<exact-file>$

Include or exclude results containing content string

content:"<string>"
-content:"<string>"

Language

lang:<language>

Types

Type (diff, commit, repo, file, path, symbol)

type:diff

Author (pair with type:diff or type:commit)

author:<name>

Selection

Select (repo, file, content, symbol, commit) to define result type

select:<type>

Example: Return list of repos that have contents which match search query

select:repo

Ranges

Time box results using range phrases (eg. "1 year ago", "1 week ago", "1 day ago")

before:<time>
after:<time>

Stacking

Multiple filters can be combined or regex can be used for advanced matching

file:/common/ file:/styles.js$
file:/common/.*/styles.js$

Structural Search

Structural search supports multi-line and complex matchers (active via search options)

Supports using ... "structural hole" syntax within queries

Examples

:[[prop]]={() => :[fn]()}
lang:JavaScript class ... extends ... {...}

Useful Sample Queries

Show all diffs within repo during the last year for user

repo:^<repo>$ author:<name> type:diff after:"1 year ago"