winget install GitHub.cli doesn't do the needful

[miniksa]

Brief description of your issue

Installing GitHub CLI from WinGet is not straightforward.

I would have thought that calling for it by "gh" or "github" or "github.cli" would have installed it sensibly.

Instead, it appears the store search database is returning completely irrelevant things and getting in the way.

Steps to reproduce

C:\Windows\system32>winget install gh
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name       Id           Source
-------------------------------
AquaCheck  9WZDNCRDKSFZ msstore
GitHub CLI GitHub.cli   winget

C:\Windows\system32>winget install github.cli
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                                                                                   Id           Source
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Java Education Platform - Scripting Language: Engineering theory & test for developers 9PN0V3G6PGH5 msstore
GitHub CLI                                                                             GitHub.cli   winget               

Expected behavior

Github CLI is installed

Actual behavior

I have no idea why it's giving me terrible store results for either of my queries and not just installing the thing.

Environment

C:\Windows\system32>winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.1.12663
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22000.258
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.16.12663.0

Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

[jedieaston]

Duplicate of #1523.

A fix was supposed to be pushed for this yesterday, guess it didn't happen. For the meantime, append -s winget to your commands to force winget to only search the community repo.

[denelon]

Duplicate of #1523

[ghost]

@miniksa we've identified this Issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced Issue. Thanks for your report! Be sure to add your 👍 to the other issue to help raise the priority.