Searching in source code on GitHub requires login

raxxorrax · on Sept 6, 2021

I doesn't need a login from me. Would be pretty bad if they would, no love for instagithub.

oever · on Sept 6, 2021

When doing the search, the number of results for code is not listed. Instead a '?' is shown. The submission removed the url parameters. Here's a full example:

   https://github.com/search?q=boilingfrog&type=code

Perhaps the behavior depends on the user IP address.

    $ curl 'https://github.com/search?q=boilingfrog&type=code'
    <html><body>You are being <a href="https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dboilingfrog%26type%3Dcode">redirected</a>.</body></html>

chuckee · on Sept 6, 2021

> https://github.com/search?q=boilingfrog&type=code

Visiting this link sends me to the log-in page.

raxxorrax · on Sept 6, 2021

Ah, indeed.

https://github.com/search?q=boilingfrog&ref=simplesearch nets results, but you are correct when we talk about code search.

Damn, this is moving backwards again... fitting search term. People should start to host their projects on alternative sites.