[gh pr view] Support `closingIssuesReferences` JSON field #10544

iamazeem · 2025-03-05T08:00:30Z

Acceptance Tests

One (1) Linked Issue

$ bin/gh pr view 10544 --repo cli/cli --json title,number,closingIssuesReferences
{
  "closingIssuesReferences": [
    10529
  ],
  "number": 10544,
  "title": "[gh pr view] Support `closingIssuesReferences` JSON field"
}

Two (2) Linked Issues

$ bin/gh pr view 74 --json closingIssuesReferences --repo iamazeem/test
{
  "closingIssuesReferences": [
    73,
    75
  ]
}

Two (2) Linked Issues with `GH_DEBUG=api` showing pagination (using `first: 1` for testing only)

$ GH_DEBUG=api bin/gh pr view 74 --json closingIssuesReferences --repo iamazeem/test
⣾* Request at 2025-03-05 23:38:17.10776039 +0500 PKT m=+0.056023724
* Request to https://api.github.com/graphql
> POST /graphql HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token ████████████████████
> Content-Length: 347
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> Graphql-Features: merge_queue
> Time-Zone: Asia/Karachi
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI v2.66.1-233-g988476f1

GraphQL query:
query PullRequestByNumber($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $pr_number: Int!) {
    repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
      pullRequest(number: $pr_number) {closingIssuesReferences(first: 1) {nodes {number}pageInfo{hasNextPage,endCursor}},id,number}
    }
  }
GraphQL variables: {"owner":"iamazeem","pr_number":74,"repo":"test"}

⢿< HTTP/2.0 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:38:18 GMT
< Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v4; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: E22C:2D6425:A4AF1F:D09216:67C89A19
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: admin:public_key, codespace, gist, project, read:org, read:packages, repo
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 5000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 4592
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1741200039
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: graphql
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 408
< X-Xss-Protection: 0

{
  "data": {
    "repository": {
      "pullRequest": {
        "closingIssuesReferences": {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "number": 73
            }
          ],
          "pageInfo": {
            "hasNextPage": true,
            "endCursor": "MQ"
          }
        },
        "id": "PR_kwDOFWDJUc6Kx39M",
        "number": 74
      }
    }
  }
}

* Request took 1.376562811s
* Request at 2025-03-05 23:38:18.487958536 +0500 PKT m=+1.436221876
* Request to https://api.github.com/graphql
> POST /graphql HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token ████████████████████
> Content-Length: 262
> Content-Type: application/json
> Graphql-Features: merge_queue
> Time-Zone: Asia/Karachi
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI v2.66.1-233-g988476f1

GraphQL query:
query closingIssuesReferences($endCursor:String!$id:ID!){node(id: $id){...on PullRequest{closingIssuesReferences(first: 1, after: $endCursor){nodes{number},pageInfo{hasNextPage,endCursor}}}}}
GraphQL variables: {"endCursor":"MQ","id":"PR_kwDOFWDJUc6Kx39M"}

⣷< HTTP/2.0 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:38:18 GMT
< Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v4; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: E22C:2D6425:A4AF41:D09248:67C89A1A
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: admin:public_key, codespace, gist, project, read:org, read:packages, repo
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 5000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 4591
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1741200039
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: graphql
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 409
< X-Xss-Protection: 0

{
  "data": {
    "node": {
      "closingIssuesReferences": {
        "nodes": [
          {
            "number": 75
          }
        ],
        "pageInfo": {
          "hasNextPage": false,
          "endCursor": "Mg"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

* Request took 498.52847ms
{
  "closingIssuesReferences": [
    73,
    75
  ]
}

api/query_builder.go

babakks · 2025-04-11T15:14:21Z

Many thanks for the PR, @iamazeem! It looks good, but I'm concerned about some edge cases which will be difficult to fix in the future if we don't make the room for them now.

I think just reporting the issue number can be misleading. For example in cases like this PR where the PR closes an issue in a different repo, the isssue number is not enough information. So, it's kind of necessary to include some more context into the GQL query. For example (you can try it in the GQL Explorer):

(Variables:)

{
  "owner": "cli",
  "repo": "cli",
  "pr_number": 10737
}

(Query:)

query PullRequestByNumber($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $pr_number: Int!) {
  repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
    pullRequest(number: $pr_number) {
      closingIssuesReferences(first: 100) {
        nodes {
          number
          url 
          repository {
            owner {
              login
            }
            name
          }
        }
        pageInfo {
          hasNextPage
          endCursor
        }
      }
      id
      number
    }
  }
}

This also means the JSON output should be an array of objects with all those fields, or maybe an array of strings that we can populate from the repository names (e.g., github/cli#833 in the example mentioned earlier). However, I'm not sure about the latter due to potential complexity/edge cases around GHES and non-github.com instances. Anyway, if we just return an array of numbers for now, then adding more context to the output in the future would be a breaking change.

@williammartin What do you think about this?

BagToad · 2025-04-11T15:43:46Z

FWIW I think that is a good idea @babakks ✨

williammartin · 2025-04-14T10:50:01Z

@babakks yes the existing Acceptance Criteria is ok, but may cause confusion. Please write a some expanded A/C on the original issue, thanks.

iamazeem · 2025-04-29T06:48:37Z

@babakks: Updated for new AC (#10529 (comment)) with af2c22b:

$ bin/gh pr view 10544 --repo cli/cli --json closingIssuesReferences
{
  "closingIssuesReferences": [
    {
      "id": "I_kwDODKw3uc6sVEqQ",
      "number": 10529,
      "repository": {
        "id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkyMTI2MTMwNDk=",
        "name": "cli",
        "owner": {
          "id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjU5NzA0NzEx",
          "login": "cli"
        }
      },
      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/10529"
    }
  ]
}

$ bin/gh pr view 74 --repo iamazeem/test --json closingIssuesReferences
{
  "closingIssuesReferences": [
    {
      "id": "I_kwDOFWDJUc6o54j7",
      "number": 73,
      "repository": {
        "id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkzNTg2NjQ1Mjk=",
        "name": "test",
        "owner": {
          "id": "MDQ6VXNlcjcxMjgzMjg=",
          "login": "iamazeem"
        }
      },
      "url": "https://github.com/iamazeem/test/issues/73"
    },
    {
      "id": "I_kwDOFWDJUc6srWgJ",
      "number": 75,
      "repository": {
        "id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkzNTg2NjQ1Mjk=",
        "name": "test",
        "owner": {
          "id": "MDQ6VXNlcjcxMjgzMjg=",
          "login": "iamazeem"
        }
      },
      "url": "https://github.com/iamazeem/test/issues/75"
    }
  ]
}

babakks

Thanks for updating the PR, @iamazeem! 🎉

babakks · 2025-04-29T10:37:06Z

api/export_pr.go

+				items = append(items, map[string]interface{}{
+
+					"id":     n.ID,
+					"number": n.Number,
+					"url":    n.URL,
+					"repository": map[string]interface{}{
+						"id":   n.Repository.ID,
+						"name": n.Repository.Name,
+						"owner": map[string]interface{}{
+							"id":    n.Repository.Owner.ID,
+							"login": n.Repository.Owner.Login,
+						},
+					},
+				})


I wanted to refactor this plain map into a temporary type with json tags on it, but then noticed the other fields (other cases in the switch-statement) are using the same approach. So, let's leave it as is to keep it consistent with the rest of the code. Thanks, again.

* [gh pr view] Support `closingIssuesReferences` JSON field * Support pagination * Support pagination * Fix typo * Add more fields

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Add field to retrieve linked issues (closingIssuesReferences) in gh pr view <number> #10529

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