# Making the most of GitHub Code Search

DevFeed: [Making the most of GitHub Code Search](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/making-the-most-of-github-code-search-37174.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://arkadiuszchmura.com/posts/making-the-most-of-github-code-search/>)

Published: 2023-09-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Arkadiusz Chmura](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/arkadiusz-chmura.md>)

Topics: [code search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-search.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [syntax](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/syntax.md>), [Sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sorting.md>)

Tags: [code-search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-search.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [regular-expressions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/regular-expressions.md>), [repositories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repositories.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sorting.md>), [syntax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/syntax.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to GitHub Code Search, covering exact-string searches, Boolean expressions, regular expressions, qualifiers, result limits, sorting behavior, and indexing limitations. It also presents the tool as useful for code exploration and learning.

## Source excerpt

The new search engine offers powerful code searching mechanisms we can leverage for quickly finding the code we need, as well as for exploration and learning.