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user:defunkt Get all repositories from the user defunkt.
tom location:"San Francisco, CA" Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
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NOT cat Excludes all results containing cat.

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This search Finds issues…
encoding user:heroku Encoding issues across the Heroku organization.
cat is:open Find cat issues that are open.
strange comments:>42 Issues with more than 42 comments.
hard label:bug Hard issues labeled as a bug.
author:mojombo All issues authored by mojombo.
mentions:tpope All issues mentioning tpope.
assignee:rtomayko All issues assigned to rtomayko.
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exception updated:<2013-01-01 Last updated before 2013.

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fullname:"Linus Torvalds" Find users with the full name "Linus Torvalds".
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chris followers:100..200 Find all chris users with followers between 100 and 200.
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Problem Currently a number of image assets (including SVGs, JPGs and PNGs) are stored directly under src/assets/. This is in direct contrast to a number of organised image assets in src/assets/icons/ ...

💻 aspect: code 🧰 goal: internal improvement good first issue help wanted 🟩 priority: low
dhruvkb opened Nov 4, 2021
2 comments

Problem When searching for something, the search term appears in the search bar only on the results list page. The single result page, however, appears with an empty search bar. Description We should ...

🕹 aspect: interface goal: improvement good first issue 🟩 priority: low 🚦 status: awaiting triage
sarayourfriend opened Oct 21, 2021
1 comment

Problem The Figma file which guides the Storybook is currently separate from the Storybook where we build and test our components. There should be 1-1 mapping of stories and their design in the Figma ...

💻 aspect: code goal: improvement good first issue help wanted 🟩 priority: low
dhruvkb opened Oct 19, 2021
1 comment

The Greats is a platform made by Fine Acts for artists and activists to share CC Licensed posters and artworks. There is no API but this would be an excellent addition to Meta Search! Example url: https://thegreats.co/artworks?theme=0&search=cat ...

💻 aspect: code goal: improvement good first issue help wanted 🟩 priority: low
zackkrida opened Oct 6, 2021

Problem babel-eslint is no longer receiving updates and has been replaced by @babel/eslint-parser. We should replace our usage of babel-eslint. Implementation - [ ] 🙋 I would be interested in implementing ...

🤖 aspect: dx goal: improvement good first issue 🟩 priority: low 🚦 status: awaiting triage
sarayourfriend opened Oct 6, 2021
2 comments

Problem The Python scripts in the repo, located at python/ follow an arbitrary code style that's unrelated to the Openverse catalog and API repos. Description These Python scripts don't have ...

🤖 aspect: dx 🌟 goal: addition good first issue help wanted 🟨 priority: medium
dhruvkb opened Sep 21, 2021
2 comments

Problem The JS scripts in the repo, located in js/ follow an arbitrary code style that's unrelated to the Openverse frontend repo. Description These JS scripts don't have linters, formatters ...

🤖 aspect: dx 🌟 goal: addition good first issue help wanted 🟨 priority: medium
dhruvkb opened Sep 21, 2021

Problem Dependabot PRs should automatically be merged when both: - all checks pass - they have the required number of approvals Description This can be set up as a workflow in .github/workflows ...

🤖 aspect: dx 🧰 goal: internal improvement good first issue help wanted 🟩 priority: low
dhruvkb opened Sep 21, 2021
2 comments

Description In German, the information box for an individual result looks strange because of the large amount of horizontal space between some, but not all, of the items. Reproduction Switch your language ...

💻 aspect: code 🛠 goal: fix good first issue 🟧 priority: high
sarayourfriend opened Sep 20, 2021
5 comments

- [ ] Switch from 🤖 aspect: dx to 🧰 goal: internal improvement for the "Internal Improvement" section of our changelogs. - [ ] Find a way to for the release drafter config to be migrated ...

🤖 aspect: dx 🧰 goal: internal improvement good first issue help wanted 🟩 priority: low
zackkrida opened Sep 16, 2021
1 comment