Search GitHub Issues by label prefix, suffix, and contains

On the new GitHub Project Boards, you can use wildcard characters to search issue labels.

label:"prefix*"  // i.e. Label starts with 
label:"*suffix"  // i.e. Label ends with
label:"*contains*" // i.e. Label contains

NOTE: As of the publication of this article, partial label filtering is only available in GitHub’s new project boards, not a repository’s Issues tab.

Examples

Searching GitHub Issues by Label Prefix

Filtering my Binary Clock issues by label:"h*" finds all the issues which have a label that starts with the letter h, in this case hacktoberfest and help wanted.

Searching GitHub Issues by Label Suffix

Filtering my Binary Clock issues by label:"*ment" finds all the issues which have a label that ends with the letters ment, in this case document and enhancement.

Searching GitHub Issues by Label Contains

Filtering my Binary Clock issues by label:"*first*" finds all the issues which have a label that contains the letters first, in this case good first issue and first timers only.