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GitHub CLI 2.56.0 download

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This is an older version. The current version is 2.103.2. GitHub CLI 2.103.2 · Released:

Installer files 2.56.0

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Release notes

What's Changed
- Always print URL scheme to stdout by @heaths in #9471
- Quote repo names consistently in gh repo sync stdout by @muzimuzhi in #9491
- Fetch bundle from OCI registry for verify by @ejahnGithub in #9421
- Remove Internal from gh repo create prompt when owner is not an org by @jtmcg in #9465
- Drop surplus trailing space char in flag names in web by @muzimuzhi in #9495
- fix the trimming of log filenames for gh run view by @benebsiny in #9482
- "offline" verification using the bundle of attestations without any additional handling of the file by @aryanbhosale in #9523
- build(deps): bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 by @dependabot in #9518
- Fix doc typo for repo sync by @muzimuzhi in #9509
- Correct the help message for -F by @Goooler in #9525
- chore: fix some function names by @crystalstall in #9555
- verify 2nd artifact without swapping order by @aryanbhosale in #9532
- gh attestation verify handles empty JSONL files by @malancas in #9541
- Enhance Linux installation docs to redirect users to GPG renewal issue, better troubleshooting support by @andyfeller in #9573
- Upgrade sigstore-go to v0.6.1 by @codysoyland in #9566
- Check for nil values to prevent nil dereference panic by @codysoyland in #9578
- build(deps): bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 by @dependabot in #9575

New Contributors
- @aryanbhosale made their first contribution in #9523
- @Goooler made their first contribution in #9525
- @crystalstall made their first contribution in #9555

Full Changelog: https://github.com/cli/cli/compare/v2.55.0...v2.56.0

https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.56.0

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