GitHub has enhanced its search functionality, beginning with a complete overhaul of Gist search, as part of a New Year's resolution to improve the platform's search capabilities. The updates include new features such as highlighted matched snippets, syntax highlighting for specified file types, and displaying multiple matches within a single Gist file. Improvements have also been made to the reliability and comprehensiveness of the search index, accompanied by a new ranking formula that can be adjusted over time to optimize search results. This initiative, led by Tom Preston-Werner, marks the first phase of broader search enhancements aimed at making GitHub the primary choice for discovering projects, people, and code.