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Changes to Code Search & what data stays in the index (#16882)

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* Update searching-code.md

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Change only applies to github.com not GHES.

Co-authored-by: Laura Coursen <lecoursen@github.com>
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@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Due to the complexity of searching code, there are some restrictions on how sear
- Only the _default branch_ is indexed for code search.{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}
- Only files smaller than 384 KB are searchable.{% else %}* Only files smaller than 5 MB are searchable.
- Only the first 500 KB of each file is searchable.{% endif %}
- Only repositories with fewer than 500,000 files are searchable.
- Only repositories with fewer than 500,000 files are searchable.{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}
- Only repositories that have had activity or have been returned in search results in the last year are searchable.{% endif %}
- Except with [`filename`](#search-by-filename) searches, you must always include at least one search term when searching source code. For example, searching for [`language:javascript`](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=language%3Ajavascript&type=Code&ref=searchresults) is not valid, while [`amazing language:javascript`](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=amazing+language%3Ajavascript&type=Code&ref=searchresults) is.
- At most, search results can show two fragments from the same file, but there may be more results within the file.
- You can't use the following wildcard characters as part of your search query: <code>. , : ; / \ ` ' " = * ! ? # $ & + ^ | ~ < > ( ) { } [ ]</code>. The search will simply ignore these symbols.