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GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in.(github.com)

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Response from Martin Woodward, GitHub’s VP of Developer Relations:

Sorry for the inconvenience @koepnick - while searching across all repos has required being logged in for a long time, when we enhanced the search capabilities earlier in the 2023 we had to extend this to repos as well (see https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-07-code-search-now-requires-login/).

This is primarily to ensure we can support the load for developers on GitHub and help protect the servers from being overwhelmed by anonymous requests from bots etc.

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The code is still accessible, you just can’t use the code search function in the web, which normal git doesn’t have anyway.

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orcrist@lemm.ee
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Yes, precisely. They built a useful feature and are now trying to wall off the garden. Enshittification.

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