Github Codesearch extension for Visual Studio Code
This simple extension allows you to quickly search for selected text from your VS Code editor in Github repositories using external browser.
The extension will open a new tab in your default browser with the search results for the highlighted text. Needless to say, you need to be logged in beforehand for private repositories.
Search for code references in all Github repositories
Possible to limit search scope to a specific organization, repositories or languages
Hotkey support
Keybindings
The default keybinding for the extension is:
For Mac: Cmd + Shift + Alt + F
For Windows: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F
It is available when you have some text selected in the editor. It is also possible to modify the keybinding in the VS Code settings.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
github-codesearch.wrapText:
Type:boolean
Default:false
Description: Wrap search text in quotes.
github-codesearch.trimText:
Type:boolean
Default:false
Description: Trim whitespaces from search text.
github-codesearch.baseUrl:
Type:string
Default:https://github.com/search
Description: Base URL to launch search. Useful for Github Enterprise.
github-codesearch.type:
Type:string
Default:code
Description: Search type. Possible values are code, repositories, commits, issues, packages, topics, wikis, users.
github-codesearch.organization:
Type:string
Default:None
Example:microsoft
Description: Limit search to an organization.
github-codesearch.repositories:
Type:array
Default:None
Example:["microsoft/vscode", "vscode-python"]
Description: Limit search to one or more repositories. If organization is set, the repository name should be enough. Otherwise, the full repository path with organization must be used.
github-codesearch.languages:
Type:array
Default:None
Example:["Python", "JavaScript"]
Description: Limit search to one or more languages. The language names can be found on Github.
