How to: find string in GitHub repo?

Question

I'm searching a fairly major GitHub repo for an error that's a) a big one b) easily fixed. I know where it is from the frontend, I just need to search the entire GitHub repo for a string.

How do I do that?

Answer 1

I'd clone the repo (which you'd need to do anyway if you want to create a PR for it) and git grep it:

$ git grep string_to_look_for

Answer 2

You can search an entire repo in github by using the search bar found at the top left corner of the screen.