For those who frequently use GitHub, there is no more frequently-used utility than the search bar. Learn how to get the most out of it with advanced search terms.
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You search on Google every day, and as a programmer, you would probably search on GitHub every day. Are you sure you know how to search GitHub repositories effectively? Let’s check out these 7 tips you probably didn’t know.
GitHub supports advanced search in a certain fields, like repository title, description, and README.
For example, you want to find some cool repository to learn Spring Cloud stuff, you can search like this:
in:name spring cloud
In the same way, you can also search in description or README only:
in:description spring cloud in:readme spring cloud
Stars of a repository would provide information on how popular it is, which is an important metrics in consideration.
