# Branch or a folder entry I expect is missing from the picker

**What you are seeing**

A branch or a folder entry I expect is missing from the picker.

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## Why it happens

Only the first 100 branches are ever fetched, with no pagination, and directory listings are fetched in a single unpaginated call.

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## What to do

Paste a direct GitHub file URL for the file you want instead of browsing to it.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                     | **Where**             | **What it does**                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Unlicensed and anonymous access | Not user-configurable | Granted on the MACRO module only, for both 'unlicensed' and 'anonymous'. So a reader outside the licence, or logged out entirely, still sees public file content in the degraded read-only branch. But gets no "Github" byli |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                                    | **Value** | **What happens**                                                                                              |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Branches: only the first 100 are ever fetche | \-        | /repos/{repo}/branches?per\_page=100 with no Link-header pagination follow.                                   |
| Directory listings are not paginated         | \-        | /repos/{repo}/contents/{path} is a single unpaginated call, so very large folders may be listed incompletely. |

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## Related

[Just added a GitHub macro but the page does not appear in search or in the Capable → Github cataloguAll the GitHub search fields come from Confluence's content-property index, written after ](https://help.gocapable.com/git/just-added-a-github-macro-but-the-page-does-not-appear-in-search-or-in-the-github-catalogue.html)

["Github" byline is missing on a very large page even though it clearly has GitHub macrosConfluence caps the content property at 32 KB, and the trimmer empties the macro-key list ](https://staging.dev.capable-sites.com/wiki/pages/1418560126)

[Something is missing or looks wrongThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/git/something-is-missing-or-looks-wrong.html)

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