Search queries in web interface General Syntax org:ORGANIZATION | repo:OWNER/REPO | user:USERNAME author: USERNAME | assignee:USERNAME | commenter:USERNAME is:pr | is:issue | is:merged | is:open | is:closed created:YYYY-MM-DD..YYYY-MM-DD | updated:>=YYYY-MM-DD label:"some label" sort:updated-desc | sort:created-asc Purpose Example Query Notes All PRs by a user in org org:COMPANY author:NAME is:pr Shows all PRs created by AME Only merged PRs org:COMPANY author:NAME is:pr is:merged Only those actually merged Only open PRs repo:COMPANY/REPO author:NAME is:open is:pr Still active Closed but not merged PRs is:pr is:closed -is:merged author:NAME Useful for declined PRs PRs created this year org:COMPANY author:NAME is:pr created:>=2025-01-01 Uses date range PRs in a specific date range repo:COMPANY/backend is:pr author:NAME created:2024-06-01..2024-12-31 Two-dot range syntax Recently updated PRs org:COMPANY author:NAME is:pr updated:>=2025-10-01 sort:updated-desc Sort newest first PRs mentioning a keyword org:COMPANY is:pr author:NAME "lambda migration" Full-text match in title/body PRs assigned to someone repo:COMPANY/REPO is:pr assignee:NAME Useful for reviews PRs reviewed by user org:COMPANY reviewed-by:NAME is:pr When you were a reviewer PRs requesting your review org:COMPANY review-requested:NAME is:pr Pending review requests PRs merged by someone org:COMPANY merged-by:NAME is:pr is:merged Who merged them PRs targeting a branch repo:COMPANY/backend is:pr base:main Target branch PRs touching specific path repo:COMPANY/backend is:pr path:src/lambda/ Code in that path changed Useful Search Prompts for Commits Purpose Example Query Notes Commits by author repo:COMPANY/backend author:NAME Simple one Commits across org org:COMPANY author:NAME Works across repos Commits after certain date repo:COMPANY/backend author:NAME committer-date:>=2025-01-01 Filter by commit date Commits between dates repo:COMPANY/backend author:NAME committer-date:2024-05-01..2024-12-31 Specific range Commits mentioning keyword org:COMPANY author:NAME "zod migration" Matches message text Commits in specific path repo:COMPANY/backend path:src/api/ author:NAME Filter by directory Commits by email repo:COMPANY/backend committer-email:NAME@COMPANY.com Fallback when username differs Newest first sort:committer-date-desc Sort commits by date Date Range Syntax Syntax Meaning created:>=2025-01-01 from Jan 1 2025 onward created:<=2025-06-30 until June 30 2025 created:2025-01-01..2025-06-30 between those dates updated:>2025-10-01 updated after Oct 1 2025 committer-date:2025-01-01..2025-10-28 for commit searches Combine Filters org:COMPANY author:NAME is:pr is:merged created:>=2025-01-01 "zod" Tips Use is:merged instead of is:closed when you only care about integrated work. Combine with sort: keywords such as sort:created-desc or sort:updated-desc . Use review:approved , review:changes_requested , or draft:true to filter PRs by state. You can click “Save search” in GitHub UI to bookmark filters.