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.TH "GH-SEARCH-ISSUES" "1" "May 2024" "" "GitHub CLI manual"

.SH NAME
.PP
gh-search-issues - Search for issues


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBgh search issues [<query>] [flags]\fR


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Search for issues on GitHub.

.PP
The command supports constructing queries using the GitHub search syntax,
using the parameter and qualifier flags, or a combination of the two.

.PP
GitHub search syntax is documented at:

\[la]https://docs.github.com/search\-github/searching\-on\-github/searching\-issues\-and\-pull\-requests\[ra]


.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB--app\fR \fB<string>\fR
Filter by GitHub App author

.TP
\fB--archived\fR
Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}

.TP
\fB--assignee\fR \fB<string>\fR
Filter by assignee

.TP
\fB--author\fR \fB<string>\fR
Filter by author

.TP
\fB--closed\fR \fB<date>\fR
Filter on closed at date

.TP
\fB--commenter\fR \fB<user>\fR
Filter based on comments by user

.TP
\fB--comments\fR \fB<number>\fR
Filter on number of comments

.TP
\fB--created\fR \fB<date>\fR
Filter based on created at date

.TP
\fB--include-prs\fR
Include pull requests in results

.TP
\fB--interactions\fR \fB<number>\fR
Filter on number of reactions and comments

.TP
\fB--involves\fR \fB<user>\fR
Filter based on involvement of user

.TP
\fB-q\fR, \fB--jq\fR \fB<expression>\fR
Filter JSON output using a jq expression

.TP
\fB--json\fR \fB<fields>\fR
Output JSON with the specified fields

.TP
\fB--label\fR \fB<strings>\fR
Filter on label

.TP
\fB--language\fR \fB<string>\fR
Filter based on the coding language

.TP
\fB-L\fR, \fB--limit\fR \fB<int> (default 30)\fR
Maximum number of results to fetch

.TP
\fB--locked\fR
Filter on locked conversation status

.TP
\fB--match\fR \fB<strings>\fR
Restrict search to specific field of issue: {title|body|comments}

.TP
\fB--mentions\fR \fB<user>\fR
Filter based on user mentions

.TP
\fB--milestone\fR \fB<title>\fR
Filter by milestone title

.TP
\fB--no-assignee\fR
Filter on missing assignee

.TP
\fB--no-label\fR
Filter on missing label

.TP
\fB--no-milestone\fR
Filter on missing milestone

.TP
\fB--no-project\fR
Filter on missing project

.TP
\fB--order\fR \fB<string> (default "desc")\fR
Order of results returned, ignored unless '--sort' flag is specified: {asc|desc}

.TP
\fB--owner\fR \fB<strings>\fR
Filter on repository owner

.TP
\fB--project\fR \fB<number>\fR
Filter on project board number

.TP
\fB--reactions\fR \fB<number>\fR
Filter on number of reactions

.TP
\fB-R\fR, \fB--repo\fR \fB<strings>\fR
Filter on repository

.TP
\fB--sort\fR \fB<string> (default "best-match")\fR
Sort fetched results: {comments|created|interactions|reactions|reactions-+1|reactions--1|reactions-heart|reactions-smile|reactions-tada|reactions-thinking_face|updated}

.TP
\fB--state\fR \fB<string>\fR
Filter based on state: {open|closed}

.TP
\fB--team-mentions\fR \fB<string>\fR
Filter based on team mentions

.TP
\fB-t\fR, \fB--template\fR \fB<string>\fR
Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"

.TP
\fB--updated\fR \fB<date>\fR
Filter on last updated at date

.TP
\fB--visibility\fR \fB<strings>\fR
Filter based on repository visibility: {public|private|internal}

.TP
\fB-w\fR, \fB--web\fR
Open the search query in the web browser


.SH JSON FIELDS
.PP
\fBassignees\fR, \fBauthor\fR, \fBauthorAssociation\fR, \fBbody\fR, \fBclosedAt\fR, \fBcommentsCount\fR, \fBcreatedAt\fR, \fBid\fR, \fBisLocked\fR, \fBisPullRequest\fR, \fBlabels\fR, \fBnumber\fR, \fBrepository\fR, \fBstate\fR, \fBtitle\fR, \fBupdatedAt\fR, \fBurl\fR


.SH EXAMPLE
.EX
# 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

 
.EE


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBgh-search(1)\fR