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satisfy that need, the GitHub Search API provides**up to 1,000 results for each
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search**.
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+Unless another sort option is provided as a query parameter, results are sorted
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+by best match, as indicated by the`score` field for each item returned. This
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+is a computed value representing the relevance of a item relative to the other
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+items in the result set. Multiple factors are combined to boost the most
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+relevant item to the top of the result list.
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###Rate limit
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The Search API has a custom rate limit. For requests using[Basic