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add "replace" from sprig to go template functions #11572
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👋 Hey @armindarvish, thank you for writing this up! ✨
Sounds reasonable to me! 👍
Implementation notes:
We intentionally limit our exposure to all the Sprig functions, so adding this one requires adding
replaceto this func map.Note that this code is in
go-gh, so to implement this we need the following, in this order:- A PR opened in
cli/go-ghto introduce that func. - Some testing done by locally building
cli/cliwith thecli/go-ghchanges to demonstrate the new func is included and works as expected.- Go workspaces can be helpful for this 👍
- (maintainers only) A release cut for
cli/go-gh - A PR opened in
cli/clito upgradecli/go-gh. Usually, Dependabot does this for us, but it depends on the version bump.
Intentionally no explicit acceptance criteria - the above should suffice.
- A PR opened in
- added a commit that references this issue
on Aug 25, 2025 @BagToad: PR cli/go-gh#196 opened and it's ready for review. Thanks!
cli/go-gh#196 merged.
Reacted by Azeem- added a sub-issue
on Oct 28, 2025
Describe the feature or problem you’d like to solve
I am trying to use the "--template" formatting with
gh search issues, and I want to remove newlines from the title of the issues. I tried using{{.title | replace \"\n\" " "}}:I get an error saying:
the function "replace" is not defined
There is a replace function available in the "sprig library", but it appears that this is not available in gh.
Proposed solution
Add the replace function from sprig library for go template formatting.