Pull Request Linking/Unlinking with Issue - Event Trigger Needed in Webhooks

[Kanenil]

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Hello,

I've been deeply involved with Github's API and Webhooks to fetch events. While working with these tools, I’ve encountered a potential area for enhancement around pull requests (PRs) and issues.

Currently, there are a variety of events provided (e.g., assigned, unassigned, labeled, unlabeled, opened, edited, closed, and reopened) that help significantly in managing PRs and issues. However, there is no explicit event relayed when a PR gets linked or unlinked to an issue. This absence can be limiting in certain workflows where tracing the relationship between PRs and issues is critical.

My humble suggestion is to add two event triggers:

1. linked: Triggered when a pull request is linked to an issue
2. unlinked : Triggered when a pull request is unlinked from an issue

By acknowledging the linking and unlinking of PRs to issues, we could capture more granular insights into the development lifecycle and issue resolution process. It certainly would enhance actions from the Github API and extend opportunities for integrations via webhooks.

I truly believe that the implementation of these suggested events will be beneficial to many users. I'm looking forward to any feedback the community may have on this request or any information on whether there are plans to implement such a feature.