Navigating code on GitHub

You can understand the relationships within and across repositories by navigating code directly in GitHub.

About navigating code on GitHub

Code navigation uses the open source library tree-sitter. The following languages are supported:

  • C#
  • CodeQL
  • Go
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • TypeScript

Note: Code navigation works for active branches. If the feature is enabled for you but you don't see links to the definitions of functions and methods, push to the branch and try again.

Jumping to the definition of a function or method

You can jump to a function or method's definition within the same repository by clicking the function or method call in a file.

Jump-to-definition tab

Finding all references of a function or method

You can find all references for a function or method within the same repository by clicking the function or method call in a file, then clicking the References tab.

Find all references tab

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