Search by label using logical OR

[superkhau]

Based on all the feedback received at isaacs/github#660 over the last 5 years, I would like to keep the conversation going. The original content of the post was:

I want to filter labels using a query like label:bug OR label:feature. Is there a way to do this? Seems to only support AND ATM.

[Levi-Lesches]

Note that the original issue has:

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[dipree]

Hi everyone 👋, you can now search issues by label using logical OR. Simply use a comma to separate the labels. For example label:"good first issue",bug will list all issues with a label good first issue or bug. See https://github.blog/changelog/2021-08-02-search-issues-by-label-using-logical-or/ .

[TomaszGasior]

This works in pull requests and issues lists in the repository. Unfortunately, this feature does not work in generic view for PRs/issues like https://github.com/pulls or https://github.com/issues. When I try to use it there, label:"good first issue",bug is converted to non-working label:"good first issue,bug".

[lycarter]

Could this be added to the documentation? https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/understanding-the-search-syntax does not mention this feature, nor is it exposed or mentioned in advanced search

[IndigoLily]

It's not documented on that page because it's not actually part of the search syntax, it's specifically a feature of the label qualifier (which is ridiculous imho), and it is documented there.

[wrzasa]

OK, works for labels. That was the initial ask. But in the thread thread there was a lot of suggestions regarding this kind of feature for the other attributes (title, user, body etc) which seems logical. Will these be covered too?

[kingbuzzman]

What about other keys other than label? such as author?

[SarcevicAntonio]

Id love to be able to serach for is:open is:pr (user-review-requested:@me OR (author:@me review:required)) so I can easily find everything that needs my attention ATM.

[aqeelat]

@dipree Is this on your radar?

[rileybroughten]

For those still following along here, wanted to flag this discussion for the private beta of advanced search for Issues, including AND/OR and nested searches. Follow along there as we'll be posting updates on when this is being expanded and how to join!

[jvandort]

I noticed this was introduced to the issues page. Its great to see this sort of functionality being implemented.

However, I would love for this to be available for GitHub Projects. I think functionality like this is most useful in Projects, where I want to be able to build complex queries that are persistent. Having this sort of functionality on the issues page is nice but I only use that page when searching for issues adhoc. Projects is really where I want to be able to use complex queries.