GitHub CLI examples

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GitHub CLI

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Examples

# Create public gist with test.txt
echo "test" > test.txt
gh gist create test.txt -d "a test" --public

# List open issues in the repo
gh issue list

# List closed issues assigned to imjohnbo
gh issue list -s "closed" -a "imjohnbo"

# Create issue (guided creation including templates)
gh issue create

# List open prs in the repo
gh pr list

# Checkout branch corresponding to pr number
gh pr checkout 490

# Create pr from current branch (guided creation including branch push)
gh pr create

# Clone repo
gh clone github/partner-engineering

# View preview of repo in Terminal (README)
gh repo view

# View repo in browser
gh repo view --web

# Create release
gh release create v1.2.3 -F changelog.md

# Last but not least... API
gh api repos/imjohnbo/get-actions-by-owner/releases

# More complex API example
gh api graphql -f query='
query Latest10 {
  organization(login: "imjohnbo-org") {
    auditLog(last: 10, query:"created: >=2010-04-14") {
      edges {
        cursor
        node {
          ... on AuditEntry {
            action
            actorLogin
            createdAt
            operationType
            __typename
          }
        }
        node {
          ... on Node {
            id
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
'

Caveats

• Broadly scoped OAuth token required: cli/cli#1229