Can no longer search code without being logged in. · community · Discussion #77046
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Select Topic Area Product Feedback Body This is revolting and an anathema to the open source movement. A movement, I might add, Microsoft is abusing here. We're told that this is for security... Bu...

Edit:

Since theres been some confusion with dates

In 2016 github made site side searching login only and hid the search bar if you werent logged in. This didnt include searching within a repository so that could still be done, just not all repositories

This year was the change being referred to in this link which made repository level searching require logging in

Blog post: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-07-code-search-now-requires-login/

  • mac@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    searching across all of github was made to be logged in then

    repository level searching though is relatively recent. Heres the blog post about the change dated in June this year https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-07-code-search-now-requires-login/

    This comment by an employee in the thread also calls out it was in 2023 and links to the blog post

    *removed externally hosted image*

    • agilob@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      Heres the blog post about the change dated in June this year

      Half year too late for that outrage anyway :)