GitHub CLL

gh is GitHub CLI brings GitHub to your terminal.

Install

brew install gh

Configuration

# authenticate with your GitHub account
# Alternatively, gh will respect the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
gh auth login 
# GitHub Enterprise
gh auth login --hostname <hostname>

# verify
gh auth status

# Print a list of configuration keys and values
gh config list [flags]
# rint the value of a given configuration key
gh config get <key> [flags]
# Update configuration with a value for the given key
gh config set editor "code --wait"

Usage

repos

# Cloning a repository
gh repo clone cli/cli
# Sync local repository from remote parent
gh repo sync

alias

# Aliases can be used to make shortcuts for gh commands or to compose multiple commands.
gh alias set <alias> <expansion> [flags]
$ gh alias set homework 'issue list --assignee @me'
$ gh homework

Miscellaneous

# Open the GitHub repository in the web browser.
gh browse
# run github actions
gh workflow view
gh workflow list
# publish file 'hello.py' as a public gist
gh gist create --public hello.py
# List all issues
gh issue list
# List all PRs
gh pr list

Extensions

See the list of available extensions at https://github.com/topics/gh-extension

Recommended Extensions

1. gh-dash

2. gh-releaser

3. gh-dependency-report

gh extension install seachicken/gh-poi
gh extension install dlvhdr/gh-dash
gh extension install carlsberg/gh-releaser
gh extension install andyfeller/gh-dependency-report

Usage

# gh dependency-report xmlking

Viewing installed extensions

gh extension list

To install an extension in development from the current directory, use . as the value for the repository parameter.

gh extension install <repository> [flags]

gh extension install owner/gh-extension
gh extension install https://git.example.com/owner/gh-extension
gh extension install .

Updating extensions

gh extension upgrade `extension`
gh extension upgrade --all

Uninstalling extensions

gh extension remove `extension`

Extensions

gh dash