gh-search-issues(1)

1GH-SEARCH-ISSUES(1)            GitHub CLI manual           GH-SEARCH-ISSUES(1)
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NAME

6       gh-search-issues - Search for issues
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SYNOPSIS

11       gh search issues [<query>] [flags]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Search for issues on GitHub.
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19       The  command supports constructing queries using the GitHub search syn‐
20       tax, using the parameter and qualifier flags, or a combination  of  the
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24       GitHub  search syntax is documented at: https://docs.github.com/search-
25       github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests
26       ⟨https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-
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OPTIONS

32       --app <string>
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101              Restrict search to specific  field  of  issue:  {title|body|com‐
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EXAMPLE

182              # search issues matching set of keywords "readme" and "typo"
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188              # search issues and pull requests in cli organization
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191              # search open issues assigned to yourself
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194              # search issues with numerous comments
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