Feature request: find and replace all occurrences in discussions

[PaulRBerg]

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We're using GitHub Discussions as a research forum. When doing research, terminology sometimes changes.

It would be helpful if GitHub offered a functionality for searching and replacing words across all discussions.

1. Search all GitHub discussions in a repo
2. Find all occurrences of Foo in comments left by users
3. Replace Foo with Bar

P.S. bonus points if this feature works for issues, too.

[rabbitbrother91]

Hi PaulRBerg! 😊

What a fantastic suggestion! Having a feature that allows us to find and replace terms across all discussions would indeed be super helpful, especially for keeping everything consistent as terminology evolves.

The steps you outlined make a lot of sense:

1. Search all discussions in a repo.
2. Find all occurrences of a specific term (like "Foo").
3. Replace it with a new term (like "Bar").

And I love the idea of bonus points for extending this to issues too!

Thanks for sharing this idea—let's hope it gains traction! 🚀

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