1# Searching bugs
2
3You can search bugs using a micro query language for both filtering and sorting. A query could look like this:
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5```
6status:open sort:edit
7```
8
9A few tips:
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11- queries are case insensitive.
12- you can combine as many qualifiers as you want.
13- you can use double quotes for multi-word search terms. For example, `author:"René Descartes"` searches for bugs opened by René Descartes, whereas `author:René Descartes` will throw an error since full-text search is not yet supported.
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15
16## Filtering
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18### Filtering by status
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20You can filter bugs based on their status.
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22| Qualifier | Example |
23| --- | --- |
24| `status:open` | `status:open` matches open bugs |
25| `status:closed` | `status:closed` matches closed bugs |
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27### Filtering by author
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29You can filter based on the person who opened the bug.
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31| Qualifier | Example |
32| --- | --- |
33| `author:QUERY` | `author:descartes` matches bugs opened by `René Descartes` or `Robert Descartes` |
34| | `author:"rené descartes"` matches bugs opened by `René Descartes` |
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36### Filtering by label
37
38You can filter based on the bug's label.
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40| Qualifier | Example |
41| --- | --- |
42| `label:LABEL` | `label:prod` matches bugs with the label `prod` |
43| | `label:"Good first issue"` matches bugs with the label `Good first issue` |
44
45### Filtering by title
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47You can filter based on the bug's title.
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49| Qualifier | Example |
50| --- | --- |
51| `title:TITLE` | `title:Critical` matches bugs with a title containing `Critical` |
52| | `title:"Typo in string"` matches bugs with a title containing `Typo in string` |
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54
55### Filtering by missing feature
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57You can filter bugs based on the absence of something.
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59| Qualifier | Example |
60| --- | --- |
61| `no:label` | `no:label` matches bugs with no labels |
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63## Sorting
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65You can sort results by adding a `sort:` qualifier to your query. “Descending” means most recent time or largest ID first, whereas “Ascending” means oldest time or smallest ID first.
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67Note: to deal with differently-set clocks on distributed computers, `git-bug` uses a logical clock internally rather than timestamps to order bug changes over time. That means that the timestamps recorded might not match the returned ordering. More on that in [the documentation](model.md#you-cant-rely-on-the-time-provided-by-other-people-their-clock-might-by-off-for-anything-other-than-just-display)
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69### Sort by Id
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71| Qualifier | Example |
72| --- | --- |
73| `sort:id-desc` | `sor:id-desc` will sort bugs by their descending Ids |
74| `sort:id` or `sort:id-asc` | `sor:id` will sort bugs by their ascending Ids |
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76### Sort by Creation time
77
78You can sort bugs by their creation time.
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80| Qualifier | Example |
81| --- | --- |
82| `sort:creation` or `sort:creation-desc` | `sor:creation` will sort bugs by their descending creation time |
83| `sort:creation-asc` | `sor:creation-asc` will sort bugs by their ascending creation time |
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85### Sort by Edit time
86
87You can sort bugs by their edit time.
88
89| Qualifier | Example |
90| --- | --- |
91| `sort:edit` or `sort:edit-desc` | `sor:edit` will sort bugs by their descending last edition time |
92| `sort:edit-asc` | `sor:edit-asc` will sort bugs by their ascending last edition time |