Searching in github for language:Bicep returns zero resuilts
- Dominant language
- Bicep
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Description
1) Go to github: https://github.com/
2) Search for resourceGroup (all github)
- 860K results
3) Click Advanced Search (bottom)
4) Set language to Bicep

5) Search
!) No results
- This returns a bunch of results:
https://github.com/Azure/bicep/search?q=resourceGroup
- As does the same query with "extension:bicep"
https://github.com/search?q=resourceGroup+extension%3Abicep&type=Code&ref=advsearch&l=&l=
!) But "language:Bicep" returns nothing:
https://github.com/search?q=resourceGroup+language%3ABicep&type=Code&ref=advsearch&l=&l=
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the linked GitHub searches for resourceGroup with language:Bicep, extension:bicep, and the Azure/bicep repository search. Trace how GitHub's language filter handles Bicep and verify that the language-specific query returns the same relevant results as the extension query; done means language:Bicep no longer returns zero results.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100