v2.79.0

Advanced Issue Search Support

The GitHub CLI now supports advanced issue search syntax using:

• Searching issues: gh search issues <advanced issue search query>
• Searching pull requests: gh search prs <advanced issue search query>
• While listing issues: gh issue list --search <advanced issue search query>
• While listing pull requests: gh pr list --search <advanced issue search query>

For more information about advanced issue search syntax, see: "Filtering and Searching Issues and Pull Requests"

Copy OAuth Code Automatically

The GitHub CLI now supports writing the OAuth one-time pass code to the clipboard automatically during authentication:

• While logging in: gh auth login --clipboard / gh auth login -c
• While refreshing the token: gh auth refresh --clipboard / gh auth refresh -c

What's Changed

✨ Features

• feat: gh auth Automatically copy one-time OAuth code to clipboard by @ankddev in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11518
• feat: add support for --ref in gh cache delete by @luxass in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11592
• Use advanced issue search by @babakks in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11638

📚 Docs & Chores

• docs(release create): difference --generate-notes and --notes-from-tag by @ankddev in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11534
• refactor tests: use slices.Equal to simplify code by @minxinyi in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11364
• Remove mention of public preview in trustedroot.go by @jkylekelly in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11652

:dependabot: Dependencies

• Bump sigstore/rekor to v1.4.1 by @BagToad in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11654
• chore(deps): bump actions/stale from 9 to 10 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11663
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11662

New Contributors

• @minxinyi made their first contribution in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11364
• @jkylekelly made their first contribution in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11652
• @luxass made their first contribution in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/11592

Full Changelog: https://github.com/cli/cli/compare/v2.78.0...v2.79.0