Change to how list of assignees is presented #13361
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This is a deliberate change — newer versions of There's no config knob to revert to the full list. Practical workarounds: Type to search inline — when the prompt appears, just start typing the first few letters of the username and the typeahead will filter down to what you want. It works exactly like before once you start typing; the short initial list is just the pre-filter state. Pass gh pr create --assignee USERNAME
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gh pr create --assignee user1 --assignee user2This is the fastest path if you're assigning to the same few people regularly. |
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I haven't seen that type-ahead/filter behaviour; maybe I was too... impatient? I'll try again and look more closely. Thanks for your help. |
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This is a deliberate change — newer versions of
ghswitched the assignee prompt from loading all collaborators upfront to showing a short recent-activity list plus a search fallback. The old behavior could be very slow on repos with hundreds of collaborators, so the team moved to the search-driven approach.There's no config knob to revert to the full list.
Practical workarounds:
Type to search inline — when the prompt appears, just start typing the first few letters of the username and the typeahead will filter down to what you want. It works exactly like before once you start typing; the short initial list is just the pre-filter state.
Pass
--assigneedirectly — if you know who you're a…