Using this Cheatsheet
- This cheat sheet is meant to be easy to skim and find what you're looking for. If you want more detailed descriptions
and examples, please refer to GitHub's official documentation.
- Terms written in ALL CAPS are custom variables that you will need to type yourself.
Table of Contents
Search Syntax
| Syntax | Matches |
|---|
N | a number |
>N | greater than N |
>=N | greater than or equal to N |
<N | less than N |
<=N | less than or equal to N |
N..* | the same as >=N |
*..N | the same as <=N |
N1..N2 | between N1 and N2 |
YYYY-MM-DD | a date |
>YYYY-MM-DD | later than YYYY-MM-DD |
>=YYYY-MM-DD | later than or on YYYY-MM-DD |
<YYYY-MM-DD | earlier than YYYY-MM-DD |
<=YYYY-MM-DD | earlier than or on YYYY-MM-DD |
YYYY-MM-DD..YYYY-MM-DD | between YYYY-MM-DD and YYYY-MM-DD |
YYYY-MM-DD..* | the same as >YYYY-MM-DD |
*..YYYY-MM-DD | the same as <YYYY-MM-DD |
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MM | Date and time along with UTC offset (timezones). Can be used in place of YYYY-MM-DD |
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | same as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+00:00 |
NOT QUERY | you can pre-pend NOT to a QUERY to exclude it from results |
-QUALIFIER | a - preceding any qualifier will exclude it from results |
@me | can be used in place of a USERNAME to match your own account |
Issues & Pull Requests (PRs)
These qualifiers apply to both issues and PRs. If you want to search only issues or only PRs, use type:issue or
type:pr.
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
type:issue | only issues |
is:issue | Same as type:issue |
type:pr | only PRs |
is:pr | Same as type:pr |
state:open | open issues and PRs |
is:open | Same as state:open |
state:closed | closed issues and PRs |
is:closed | Same as state:closed |
QUERY in:title | titles containing the specified QUERY |
QUERY in:body | bodies containing the specified QUERY |
QUERY in:comments | comments containing the specified QUERY |
is:public | in public repos |
is:private | in private repos |
author:USERNAME | created by USERNAME |
author:app/USERNAME | created by an "integration account" USERNAME |
assignee:USERNAME | assigned to USERNAME |
mentions:USERNAME | mentions @USERNAME |
team:ORGNAME/TEAMNAME | mentions @ORGNAME/TEAMNAME |
commenter:USERNAME | containing comment from USERNAME |
involves:USERNAME | where USERNAME is the author, assignee, a commenter, or they are mentioned |
label:LABEL | has the specified LABEL |
milestone:MILESTONE | in the specified milestone |
project:PROJECT_BOARD | in the project |
project:REPOSITORY/PROJECT_BOARD | in the project in the repo |
language:LANGUAGE | in repos using LANGUAGE (programming language) |
comments:N | has N comments (e.g. >100) |
interactions:N | has N interactions (e.g. >1200) |
reactions:N | has N reactions (e.g. <500) |
created:YYYY-MM-DD | created during specified date (e.g <2022-02-02) |
updated:YYYY-MM-DD | updated during specified date (e.g >2022-02-02) |
closed:YYYY-MM-DD | closed during specified date (e.g <=2022-02-02) |
archived:true | in a repo that has been archived |
archived:false | not in a repo that has been archived |
is:locked | conversation is locked |
is:unlocked | conversation is not locked |
no:label | has no labels |
no:milestone | has no milestone |
no:assignee | has no assignee |
no:project | has no project |
Issues Only
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
reason:complete | closed as "completed" |
reason:"not planned" | closed as "not planned" |
linked:pr | is linked to a PR |
-linked:pr | is not linked to a PR |
Pull Requests Only
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
linked:issue | is linked to an issue |
-linked:issue | is not linked to an issue |
status:pending | has pending status |
status:success | has success status |
status:failure | has failure status |
SHA | PR with commit SHA that starts with entered search term |
head:HEAD_BRANCH | opened from branch names beginning with HEAD_BRANCH |
base:BASE_BRANCH | being merged into BASE_BRANCH |
draft:true | draft PRs |
draft:false | non-draft PRs (available to be reviewed) |
review:none | has not been reviewed |
review:required | requires a review before it can be merged |
review:approved | has been approved by a reviewer |
review:changes_requested | a reviewer has requested changed before merging |
reviewed-by:USERNAME | has been reviewed by USERNAME |
review-requested:USERNAME | has a request for USERNAME to review |
user-review-requested:@me | you have been asked to review |
team-review-requested:TEAMNAME | TEAMNAME has been asked to review |
merged:YYYY-MM-DD | merged during specified date (e.g >=2022-02-02) |
is:merged | has been merged |
is:unmerged | has not been merged |
Code
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
QUERY in:file | QUERY appears in the file contents |
QUERY in:path | QUERY appears in the file path |
user:USERNAME | committed by USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | owned by ORGNAME |
repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY | is in the repo named USERNAME/REPOSITORY |
path:/ | located at the root level of a repo |
path:DIRECTORY | located within DIRECTORY or any of it's subdirectories |
language:LANGUAGE | written in the programming language LANGUAGE |
size:N | file size matches N in bytes (e.g. >10000) |
filename:FILENAME | file is named FILENAME |
extension:EXTENSION | has the file extension EXTENSION |
Repos
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
QUERY in:name | has QUERY in the repo name |
QUERY in:description | has QUERY in the repo description |
QUERY in:topics | is labeled with QUERY as a topic. |
QUERY in:readme | has QUERY in the README file |
repo:OWNER/NAME | name is OWNER/NAME |
user:USERNAME | repos owned by USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | repos owned by ORGNAME |
size:N | repos that are size N kilobytes in size (e.g. >1000) |
followers:N | repo with N followers |
forks:N | has N forks |
stars:N | has N stars |
created:YYYY-MM-DD | created on YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. <2021-03-02) |
pushed:YYYY-MM-DD | has commit pushed on YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. >2022-01-01) |
language:LANGUAGE | written in the programming language of LANGUAGE |
topic:TOPIC | has a topic of TOPIC |
topics:N | has N topics |
license:LICENSE_KEYWORD | is licensed under LICENSE_KEYWORD (list of license keywords) |
is:public | is public |
is:private | is private |
mirror:true | repos that are mirrors |
mirror:false | repos that are not mirrors |
archived:true | is archived |
archived:false | is not archived |
good-first-issues:>n | has N or more issues labeled good-first-issue |
help-wanted-issues:>n | has N or more issues labelled help-wanted |
is:sponsorable | repo owners have a GitHub Sponsors profile |
has:funding-file | has a FUNDING.yml file |
Users
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
type:user | only personal accounts |
type:org | only organizations |
user:USERNAME | user with the username USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | organization with the name ORGNAME |
QUERY in:login | users with the QUERY in their username |
QUERY in:name | users whose real name contains QUERY |
fullname:FIRSTNAME LASTNAME | user with the full name FIRSTNAME LASTNAME |
QUERY in:email | users with QUERY in their email. |
repos:N | users with N repositories (e.g. >100) |
location:LOCATION | users that specified LOCATION as their location in their profile |
language:LANGUAGE | users with a majority of their repos written in LANGUAGE |
created:YYYY-MM-DD | users that joined on YYYY-MM-DD |
followers:N | users with N followers |
is:sponsorable | users and organizations who have a GitHub Sponsors profile |
Commits
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
author:USERNAME | commits authored by USERNAME |
committer:USERNAME | committed by USERNAME |
author-name:NAME | commits with NAME in the author name |
committer-name:NAME | commits with NAME in the committer name. |
author-email:EMAIL | authored by EMAIL |
committer-email:EMAIL | committed by EMAIL |
author-date:YYYY-MM-DD | commits authored on YYYY-MM-DD |
committer-date:YYYY-MM-DD | commits committed on YYYY-MM-DD |
merge:true | merge commits |
merge:false | non-merge commits |
hash:HASH | commits with the hash of HASH |
parent:HASH | children of commits with the hash of HASH |
tree:HASH | commits that refer to the tree hash of HASH. |
user:USERNAME | commits in repositories owned by USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | commits in repositories owned by ORGNAME |
repo:USERNAME/REPO | commits in the repository USERNAME/REPO |
is:public | commits to public repositories |
is:private | commits to private repositories |
Discussions
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
QUERY in:title | discussions with QUERY in the title |
QUERY in:body | discussions with QUERY in the body |
QUERY in:comments | discussions with QUERY in the comments |
user:USERNAME | in repos owned by USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | discussions in repos owned by ORGNAME |
repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY | discussions in the USERNAME/REPOSITORY repo |
is:public | in public repos |
is:private | in private repos |
author:USERNAME | discussions created by USERNAME |
commenter:USERNAME | discussons commented on by USERNAME |
involves:USERNAME | discussions involving USERNAME |
comments:N | discussions with N comments |
created:YYYY-MM-DD | discussions created on YYYY-MM-DD |
updated:YYYY-MM-DD | discussions updated on YYYY-MM-DD |
Wikis
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
user:USERNAME | wiki in repos owned by USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | in repos owned by ORGNAME |
repo:USERNAME/REPOSITORY | wiki pages in the USERNAME/REPOSITORY repo |
QUERY in:title | wiki pages with titles containing QUERY |
QUERY in:body | wiki pages with body text containing QUERY |
updated:YYYY-MM-DD | wikis updated on YYYY-MM-DD |
Forks
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
QUERY fork:true | Repos and forks that contain QUERY |
QUERY fork:only | only forks that contain QUERY |
Topics
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
is:curated | topics that are curated |
is:featured | topics that are featured on https://github.com/topics/ |
is:not-curated | topics that are not curated |
is:not-featured | topics that are not featured on https://github.com/topics/ |
repositories:N | topics that have N repos |
created:YYYY-MM-DD | topics created on YYYY-MM-DD |
Packages
| Qualifier | Matches |
|---|
user:USERNAME | packages owned USERNAME |
org:ORGNAME | packages owned by ORGNAME |
is:public | public packages |
is:private | private packages |
