# `mix exograph.search`
[🔗](https://github.com/elixir-vibe/exograph/blob/v0.2.0/lib/mix/tasks/exograph.search.ex#L1)

Searches Elixir source files with Exograph.

    mix exograph.search 'Repo.get!(_, _)' --repo MyApp.Repo --migrate
    mix exograph.search 'def _ do ... end' lib --repo MyApp.Repo --contains 'Repo.transaction(_)'
    mix exograph.search 'def _ do ... end' lib --repo MyApp.Repo --contains 'Repo.transaction(_)' --not-contains 'IO.inspect(_)'
    mix exograph.search '/users/:id' lib --text
    mix exograph.search 'Repo\.get!\(' lib --regex

## Options

  * `--backend` - only `postgres` is supported (default: `postgres`)
  * `--repo` - Ecto repo module for the Postgres backend
  * `--prefix` - Exograph table prefix for the Postgres backend (default: `exograph`)
  * `--migrate` - create/upgrade Postgres tables and ParadeDB BM25 index
  * `--no-bm25` - skip ParadeDB `pg_search` extension/index creation during migration
  * `--min-mass` - minimum AST fragment mass (default: `8`)
  * `--limit` - maximum results (default: `20`)
  * `--contains` - require descendant pattern, can be repeated
  * `--not-contains` - reject descendant pattern, can be repeated; verifier-only
  * `--no-verify` - skip final ExAST verification
  * `--json` - print JSON results
  * `--text` - literal source text search instead of AST query
  * `--regex` - regex source text search instead of AST query

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*