:calls: `GET /search/commits <http://developer.github.com/v3/search>`_
        :param query: string
        :param sort: string ('author-date', 'committer-date')
        :param order: string ('asc', 'desc')
        :param qualifiers: keyword dict query qualifiers
        :rtype: :class:`github.PaginatedList.PaginatedList` of :class:`github.Commit.Commit`

def search_commits(self, query, sort=github.GithubObject.NotSet, order=github.GithubObject.NotSet, **qualifiers):
        """
        :calls: `GET /search/commits <http://developer.github.com/v3/search>`_
        :param query: string
        :param sort: string ('author-date', 'committer-date')
        :param order: string ('asc', 'desc')
        :param qualifiers: keyword dict query qualifiers
        :rtype: :class:`github.PaginatedList.PaginatedList` of :class:`github.Commit.Commit`
        """
        assert isinstance(query, (str, unicode)), query
        url_parameters = dict()
        if sort is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:  # pragma no branch (Should be covered)
            assert sort in ('author-date', 'committer-date'), sort
            url_parameters["sort"] = sort
        if order is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:  # pragma no branch (Should be covered)
            assert order in ('asc', 'desc'), order
            url_parameters["order"] = order

        query_chunks = []
        if query:  # pragma no branch (Should be covered)
            query_chunks.append(query)

        for qualifier, value in qualifiers.items():
            query_chunks.append("%s:%s" % (qualifier, value))

        url_parameters["q"] = ' '.join(query_chunks)
        assert url_parameters["q"], "need at least one qualifier"

        return github.PaginatedList.PaginatedList(
            github.Commit.Commit,
            self.__requester,
            "/search/commits",
            url_parameters,
            headers={
                "Accept": Consts.mediaTypeCommitSearchPreview
            }
        )