`gh pr edit`: new interactive prompt for assignee selection, performance and accessibility improvements by BagToad · Pull Request #12526 · cli/cli

@BagToad BagToad changed the title WIP: Multiselect with search for gh pr edit WIP: Multiselect with search for gh pr edit with assignees

Jan 22, 2026
Updated the Prompt interface in survey.go to include parameter names for all methods, improving code readability and clarity.
Initial implementation of MultiSelectWithSearch:

- Implement by survey and accessible prompters. They use the same internal func under the hood.
- Implement in `gh preview prompter` for initial testing and demonstration
- Implement interface changes across the codebase and mocks to satisfy compiler.
- Implement tests for new MultiSelectWithSearch prompter
Introduces SuggestedAssignableActors API query and wires up a dynamic assignee search function in the PR edit command. Updates Editable and EditPrompter interfaces to support search-based multi-select for assignees, improving the user experience when assigning users to pull requests.
The assigneeSearchFunc now receives the editable struct to update its Metadata.AssignableActors field with suggested assignable actors. This change ensures that the editable struct has the necessary actor metadata for later PR updates.
Added a comment explaining how to enable logging in expect-based tests by using expect.WithLogger. This helps developers debug by printing characters read to stdout.
Refactored the MultiSelectWithSearch function and related interfaces to use a MultiSelectSearchResult struct instead of multiple return values. This change improves clarity and extensibility of the search function signature, and updates all usages, mocks, and tests accordingly.
Updated test mocks and logic to consistently use lowercase 'monalisa' for login names and display names for user assignees. Improved handling of dynamic assignee fetching in interactive flows by relying on searchFunc and metadata population, and clarified logic in FetchOptions to fetch assignees only when necessary. These changes ensure more accurate simulation of interactive assignment and better test coverage for actor assignee features.

@BagToad

Updated the TODO comment to specify wiring up the reviewer search function if or when it exists, providing clearer intent for future development.
Co-authored-by: Babak K. Shandiz <babakks@github.com>
Co-authored-by: Babak K. Shandiz <babakks@github.com>

@BagToad

Simplifies SuggestedAssignableActors by no longer including the viewer in the returned actors list when the query is blank. Removes related logic and variables for viewer handling.
Refactored the construction of the variables map by directly assigning the 'query' key, removing the conditional logic for nil assignment.
Added detailed comments to the assigneeSearchFunc explaining its purpose and the importance of updating assignable actors metadata for later ID resolution when mutating assignees with the GraphQL API.

@BagToad BagToad changed the title WIP: Multiselect with search for gh pr edit with assignees Multiselect with search for gh pr edit with assignees

Jan 26, 2026

@BagToad BagToad changed the title Multiselect with search for gh pr edit with assignees gh pr edit: new interactive prompt for assignee selection, performance and accessibility improvements

Jan 26, 2026
Deleted the Viewer struct from the responseData type in SuggestedAssignableActors as it was not being used.
Introduces a test case to verify that the interactive edit flow on GitHub Enterprise Server uses the legacy assignee selection without search, ensuring correct behavior when editing pull request assignees.
Introduces a test case to verify that errors returned from the MultiSelectWithSearch search function are properly propagated to the caller.
Updated SuggestedAssignableActors to return the total count of available assignees in the repository. Modified assigneeSearchFunc to use this count to calculate and display the number of additional assignees beyond the current results.

@BagToad BagToad marked this pull request as ready for review

January 26, 2026 21:52

@BagToad

Cleaned up obsolete TODO comments related to assignee and reviewer selection logic in the MetadataSurvey function.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Deleted a comment about the query variable being passed as null when empty, as it is no longer relevant or necessary.

@BagToad BagToad deleted the github-cli-1070-multi-select-with-search-ccr branch

January 27, 2026 16:16

tmeijn pushed a commit to tmeijn/dotfiles that referenced this pull request

Feb 25, 2026
This MR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [cli/cli](https://github.com/cli/cli) | minor | `v2.86.0` → `v2.87.3` |

MR created with the help of [el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot](https://gitlab.com/el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot).

**Proposed changes to behavior should be submitted there as MRs.**

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### Release Notes

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<summary>cli/cli (cli/cli)</summary>

### [`v2.87.3`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.87.3): GitHub CLI 2.87.3

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#### What's Changed

- Fix project mutation query variable usage by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12757](cli/cli#12757)

**Full Changelog**: <cli/cli@v2.87.2...v2.87.3>

### [`v2.87.2`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.87.2): GitHub CLI 2.87.2

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#### ℹ️ Note

This release was cut primarily to resolve a publishing issue. We recommend reviewing [the v2.87.1 release notes](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.87.1) for the complete set of latest features and fixes.

#### What's Changed

- chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.47.0 to 0.48.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12659](cli/cli#12659)

**Full Changelog**: <cli/cli@v2.87.1...v2.87.2>

### [`v2.87.1`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.87.1): GitHub CLI 2.87.1

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#### ⚠️ Incomplete Release

The v2.87.1 release experienced a failure in our workflow and is not fully published to the designated package managers/repositories. This is resolved in [v2.87.2](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.87.2), so we recommend using that release instead.

#### What's Changed

- Remove license bundling debris by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12716](cli/cli#12716)
- fix(agent-task/capi): use a fixed CAPI API version by [@&#8203;babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in [#&#8203;12731](cli/cli#12731)

**Full Changelog**: <cli/cli@v2.87.0...v2.87.1>

### [`v2.87.0`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.87.0): GitHub CLI 2.87.0

[Compare Source](cli/cli@v2.86.0...v2.87.0)

#### `gh workflow run` immediately returns workflow run URL

One of our most requested features - with the latest changes in GitHub API, `gh workflow run` will immediately print the created workflow run URL.

#### Improved `gh auth login` experience in VM/WSL environments

We have observed rare cases of time drift between the wall and monotonic clocks, mostly in WSL or VM environments, causing failures during polling for the OAuth token. This new release implements measures to account for such situations.

If you continue to experience `gh auth login` issues in WSL, please comment in [#&#8203;9370](cli/cli#9370)

#### :copilot: Request Copilot Code Review from `gh` + performance improvements

`gh pr edit` now supports [Copilot Code Review](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/code-review/using-copilot-code-review) as a reviewer. You can request a review from Copilot using the `--add-reviewer @&#8203;copilot` flag or interactively by selecting reviewers in the prompts.

This release also introduces a new search experience for selecting reviewers and assignees in `gh pr edit`. Instead of loading all collaborators and teams upfront, results are now fetched based on inputs to a new search option. Initial options are suggestions based on those involved with the pull request already.

```
? Reviewers  [Use arrows to move, space to select, <right> to all, <left> to none, type to filter]
  [ ]  Search (7472 more)
  [x]  BagToad (Kynan Ware)
> [x]  Copilot (AI)
```

This experience will follow in `gh pr create` and `gh issue` for assignees in a later release.

#### What's Changed

##### ✨ Features

- Bundle licenses at release time by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12625](cli/cli#12625)
- Add `--query` flag to `project item-list` by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12696](cli/cli#12696)
- feat(workflow run): retrieve workflow dispatch run details by [@&#8203;babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in [#&#8203;12695](cli/cli#12695)
- Pin REST API version to 2022-11-28 by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12680](cli/cli#12680)
- Respect `--exit-status` with `--log` and `--log-failed` in `run view` by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12679](cli/cli#12679)
- Fork with default branch only during pr create by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12673](cli/cli#12673)
- `gh pr edit`: Add support for Copilot as reviewer with search capability, performance and accessibility improvements by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12567](cli/cli#12567)
- `gh pr edit`: new interactive prompt for assignee selection, performance and accessibility improvements by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12526](cli/cli#12526)

##### 📚 Docs & Chores

- Clean up project item-list query addition changes by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in [#&#8203;12714](cli/cli#12714)
- `gh release upload`: Clarify `--clobber` flag deletes assets before re-uploading by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12711](cli/cli#12711)
- Add usage examples to `gh gist edit` command by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12710](cli/cli#12710)
- Remove feedback issue template by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12708](cli/cli#12708)
- Migrate issue triage workflows to shared workflows by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12677](cli/cli#12677)
- Migrate MR triage workflows to shared workflows by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12707](cli/cli#12707)
- Add missing TODO comments for featuredetection if-statements by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12701](cli/cli#12701)
- Add manual dispatch to bump-go workflow by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12631](cli/cli#12631)
- typo: dont to don't by [@&#8203;cuiweixie](https://github.com/cuiweixie) in [#&#8203;12554](cli/cli#12554)
- Fix fmt.Errorf format argument in ParseFullReference by [@&#8203;mikelolasagasti](https://github.com/mikelolasagasti) in [#&#8203;12516](cli/cli#12516)
- Lint source.md by [@&#8203;Sethispr](https://github.com/Sethispr) in [#&#8203;12521](cli/cli#12521)

##### :dependabot: Dependencies

- chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12468](cli/cli#12468)
- chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.38.0 to 0.39.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12616](cli/cli#12616)
- Bump go to 1.25.7 by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12630](cli/cli#12630)
- chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.46.0 to 0.47.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12629](cli/cli#12629)
- chore: bump `cli/oauth` to `v1.2.2` by [@&#8203;babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in [#&#8203;12573](cli/cli#12573)
- update Go to 1.25.6 by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in [#&#8203;12580](cli/cli#12580)
- chore(deps): bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 3.1.0 to 3.2.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12558](cli/cli#12558)
- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/rekor from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12524](cli/cli#12524)
- chore(deps): bump github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 from 2.3.1 to 2.4.1 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12555](cli/cli#12555)
- chore(deps): bump github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 from 2.13.4 to 2.13.7 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12469](cli/cli#12469)
- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore from 1.10.0 to 1.10.4 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12525](cli/cli#12525)
- chore(deps): bump github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12515](cli/cli#12515)
- chore(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12314](cli/cli#12314)
- chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 5 to 6 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12315](cli/cli#12315)
- chore(deps): bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 6.0.0 to 6.4.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;12354](cli/cli#12354)

#### New Contributors

- [@&#8203;Sethispr](https://github.com/Sethispr) made their first contribution in [#&#8203;12521](cli/cli#12521)
- [@&#8203;cuiweixie](https://github.com/cuiweixie) made their first contribution in [#&#8203;12554](cli/cli#12554)

**Full Changelog**: <cli/cli@v2.86.0...v2.87.0>

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