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GitHub repository search scope

Documents that when users search from within a repository, GitHub automatically adds the repo qualifier so results are constrained to that repository.

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Search scope selector Choose search scope selector when users need to decide where the search runs before interpreting results. Selecting a scope changes the corpus searched, not merely the visual grouping of existing results. GitHub documents automatically constraining repository-context searches with a repo qualifier.

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This source is treated as product-example evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.

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