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Code search on GitHub now requires login

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Re: Code search on GitHub now requires login

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As no justification was given for the change, I'm led to assume that it's because telemetry data gathered via logged in people is more valuable...

(...and that there is insufficient competition in the market to prevent the change.)

Guess it's time to learn how to use git's local search tools properly...

(Or, more realistically, use a site- & url-scoped search on DuckDuckGo...)

Re: Code search on GitHub now requires login

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_8j50 wrote: post #4

It always has for me. I was forced to use my gh logged in browser when I wanted that feature.

AIUI previously it required people to be logged in when doing global- or (multi-repo) organisation-scoped searches but would also sometimes show "0" or "?" in results for single repo-scoped searches via "/"--until the "Code" section was clicked.

But with all the A/B testing on sites these days it's entirely possible for two people to have very different site interactions, so... shrug

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