# GitHub search fields

GitHub writes 6 fields into Confluence's own search index. Once a page has been indexed you can filter and sort by them in Capable Search, and use them in ordinary Confluence CQL.

⚠️

**A page Confluence has not indexed yet carries no values at all.** It does not match a query on these fields, and it does not come back as an empty result either. On a large site indexing takes hours to days to catch up.

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**The <hash> prefix is your installation's app hash.** Field names are written with it, so the exact string differs per site. Use the Copy CQL action in the search table rather than typing it.

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## The fields

| **Field**                                                                                 | **What it holds**                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Git File Count / Git Repositories / Git File Types / Git Organizations / Git Last Updated | Match pages by embedded Git content, file count, repo, file type, organisation, last update.                                                                                                                             |
| <hash>\_git\_count                                                                        | Total number of GitHub files referenced on the page. Example: \`<hash>\_git\_count >= 5\`. Note the alias drops the \`capable\_refs\_\` middle: it is \`<hash>\_git\_count\`, not \`<hash>\_capable\_refs\_git\_count\`. |
| <hash>\_git\_repos                                                                        | GitHub repository "owner/name" referenced by a file on the page. Example: \`<hash>\_git\_repos = "capable-software/capable-repo"\`.                                                                                      |
| <hash>\_git\_orgs                                                                         | GitHub organisation/owner referenced by a file on the page (the part before the slash in repos).                                                                                                                         |
| <hash>\_git\_file\_types                                                                  | File-type of GitHub files referenced on the page, derived from the extension. Example values "ts", "py".                                                                                                                 |
| <hash>\_git\_updated                                                                      | BROKEN BY TYPE MISMATCH. The field is offered as a number but is filled with a date written as text. A string value cannot be extracted into a numeric alias,                                                            |

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## Related

[Sites search fields3 fields.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/sites-search-fields.html)

[Images search fields2 fields.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/images-search-fields.html)

[Capable search fieldsEvery field, and how they work.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/capable-search-fields.html)

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_Indexed, then searchable. In that order._