Search syntax cheatsheet

We are using manticore as a search backend, and it has some nice functions to write your queries. for a complete list, check out the section in the manticore manual!

Searching in specific fields

Search for “alice” in all fields, and “carrol” in the username field

alice @username carrol

The fields you can use are

field	explanation
username	name of user or organization
name	the name of the repository
description	the repository description

Searching for an exact string

Put a string in quotes, to search for exactly this phrase

"alice in wonderland"

Excluding a word from search

Search for results with alice, but without wonderland

alice !wonderland

Or-operator

Search for “wonderland” or “looking glass”.

wonderland | (looking glass)

Note that without parenthesis it would be interpreted as (wonderland|looking) glass, because the |(or) operator has higher precedence.

Maybe-operator

If “wonderland” is in results, it influences the score (has to be uppercase!). Results containing “wonderland” but not “alice” will not match, however.

alice MAYBE wonderland