gh search issues
gh search issues [<query>] [flags]
Search for issues on GitHub.
The command supports constructing queries using the GitHub search syntax, using the parameter and qualifier flags, or a combination of the two.
GitHub search syntax is documented at: https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests
Options
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--app <string> - Filter by GitHub App author
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--archived - Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}
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--assignee <string> - Filter by assignee
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--author <string> - Filter by author
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--closed <date> - Filter on closed at date
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--commenter <user> - Filter based on comments by user
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--comments <number> - Filter on number of comments
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--created <date> - Filter based on created at date
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--include-prs - Include pull requests in results
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--interactions <number> - Filter on number of reactions and comments
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--involves <user> - Filter based on involvement of user
-q,--jq <expression>- Filter JSON output using a jq expression
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--json <fields> - Output JSON with the specified fields
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--label <strings> - Filter on label
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--language <string> - Filter based on the coding language
-L,--limit <int> (default 30)- Maximum number of results to fetch
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--locked - Filter on locked conversation status
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--match <strings> - Restrict search to specific field of issue: {title|body|comments}
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--mentions <user> - Filter based on user mentions
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--milestone <title> - Filter by milestone title
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--no-assignee - Filter on missing assignee
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--no-label - Filter on missing label
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--no-milestone - Filter on missing milestone
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--no-project - Filter on missing project
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--order <string> (default "desc") - Order of results returned, ignored unless '--sort' flag is specified: {asc|desc}
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--owner <strings> - Filter on repository owner
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--project <number> - Filter on project board number
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--reactions <number> - Filter on number of reactions
-R,--repo <strings>- Filter on repository
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--sort <string> (default "best-match") - Sort fetched results: {comments|created|interactions|reactions|reactions-+1|reactions--1|reactions-heart|reactions-smile|reactions-tada|reactions-thinking_face|updated}
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--state <string> - Filter based on state: {open|closed}
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--team-mentions <string> - Filter based on team mentions
-t,--template <string>- Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"
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--updated <date> - Filter on last updated at date
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--visibility <strings> - Filter based on repository visibility: {public|private|internal}
-w,--web- Open the search query in the web browser
Examples
# search issues matching set of keywords "readme" and "typo"
$ gh search issues readme typo
# search issues matching phrase "broken feature"
$ gh search issues "broken feature"
# search issues and pull requests in cli organization
$ gh search issues --include-prs --owner=cli
# search open issues assigned to yourself
$ gh search issues --assignee=@me --state=open
# search issues with numerous comments
$ gh search issues --comments=">100"
# search issues without label "bug"
$ gh search issues -- -label:bug
# search issues only from un-archived repositories (default is all repositories)
$ gh search issues --owner github --archived=false