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Searching commits
You can search for commits on {% data variables.product.product_name %} and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.
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GitHub search

You can search for commits globally across all of {% data variables.product.product_name %}, or search for commits within a particular repository or organization. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."

When you search for commits, only the default branch of a repository is searched.

{% data reusables.search.syntax_tips %}

Search within commit messages

You can find commits that contain particular words in the message. For example, fix typo matches commits containing the words "fix" and "typo."

Search by author or committer

You can find commits by a particular user with the author or committer qualifiers.

Qualifier Example
author:USERNAME author:defunkt matches commits authored by @defunkt.
committer:USERNAME committer:defunkt matches commits committed by @defunkt.

The author-name and committer-name qualifiers match commits by the name of the author or committer.

Qualifier Example
author-name:NAME author-name:wanstrath matches commits with "wanstrath" in the author name.
committer-name:NAME committer-name:wanstrath matches commits with "wanstrath" in the committer name.

The author-email and committer-email qualifiers match commits by the author's or committer's full email address.

Qualifier Example
author-email:EMAIL author-email:chris@github.com matches commits authored by chris@github.com.
committer-email:EMAIL committer-email:chris@github.com matches commits committed by chris@github.com.

Search by authored or committed date

Use the author-date and committer-date qualifiers to match commits authored or committed within the specified date range.

{% data reusables.search.date_gt_lt %}

Qualifier Example
author-date:YYYY-MM-DD author-date:<2016-01-01 matches commits authored before 2016-01-01.
committer-date:YYYY-MM-DD committer-date:>2016-01-01 matches commits committed after 2016-01-01.

Filter merge commits

The merge qualifier filters merge commits.

Qualifier Example
merge:true merge:true matches merge commits.
merge:false merge:false matches non-merge commits.

Search by hash

The hash qualifier matches commits with the specified SHA-1 hash.

Qualifier Example
hash:HASH hash:124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 matches commits with the hash 124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105.

Search by parent

The parent qualifier matches commits whose parent has the specified SHA-1 hash.

Qualifier Example
parent:HASH parent:124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105 matches children of commits with the hash 124a9a0ee1d8f1e15e833aff432fbb3b02632105.

Search by tree

The tree qualifier matches commits with the specified SHA-1 git tree hash.

Qualifier Example
tree:HASH tree:99ca967 matches commits that refer to the tree hash 99ca967.

Search within a user's or organization's repositories

To search commits in all repositories owned by a certain user or organization, use the user or org qualifier. To search commits in a specific repository, use the repo qualifier.

Qualifier Example
user:USERNAME gibberish user:defunkt matches commit messages with the word "gibberish" in repositories owned by @defunkt.
org:ORGNAME test org:github matches commit messages with the word "test" in repositories owned by @github.
repo:USERNAME/REPO language repo:defunkt/gibberish matches commit messages with the word "language" in @defunkt's "gibberish" repository.

Filter by repository visibility

The is qualifier matches commits from repositories with the specified visibility. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."

Qualifier Example
is:public is:public matches commits to public repositories.
{% ifversion ghes or ghec %}
is:internal is:internal matches commits to internal repositories.
{% endif %}
is:private is:private matches commits to private repositories.

Further reading