gh

Node GH

All the power of GitHub in your terminal.

Table of contents

• Usage
• Install
• Dependencies
• Demonstration
• Available commands
  • Pull requests
  • Notifications
  • Issues
  • Repo
  • User
  • Alias
• Team
• Contributing
• History
• License

Usage

gh [command] [payload] [--flags]

Install

[sudo] npm install -g gh

Dependencies

In order to sucessfully run this project you must have NodeJS installed.

Demonstration

Available commands

gh help

Pull requests

gh pull-request

Alias: gh pr

1. List

Option	Usage	Type
-l, --list	Required	Boolean
-a, --all	Optional	Boolean
-d, --detailed	Optional	Boolean
-b, --branch	Optional	String
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-S, --state	Optional	[open, closed]
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Shortcut for listing open pulls requests for the current branch.

gh pr ```

• List open pulls requests for all branches.

gh pr --list --all ```

• List open pulls requests with link and content.

gh pr --list --detailed ```

• List open pulls requests for a branch.

gh pr --list --branch master ```

2. Fetch

Option	Usage	Type
-f, --fetch	Required	Boolean
-n, --number	Required	Number
-M, --merge	Optional	Boolean
-R, --rebase	Optional	Boolean
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Shortcut for fetching pull request and checkout into a new branch pull-1.

gh pr 1 ```

• Fech pull request rebasing or merging into the current branch.

gh pr 1 --fetch --rebase gh pr 1 --fetch --merge ```

3. Merge or rebase

Option	Usage	Type
-M, --merge	Required	Boolean
-R, --rebase	Required	Boolean
-n, --number	Optional	Number
-b, --branch	Optional	String
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Omitting --number will try to guess the pull number from branch name e.g. pull-1 results in --number 1. Omitting --branch will merge or rebase into config.default_branch.

Examples

• Merge or rebase pull request into a branch.

gh pr 1 --fetch --merge ```

```

gh pr 1 --fetch --rebase ```

• Merge or rebase pull request into branch dev.

gh pr 1 --fetch --rebase --branch dev ```

```

gh pr 1 --fetch --merge --branch dev ```

4. Comment

Option	Usage	Type
-c, --comment	Required	String
-n, --number	Required	Number
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Comment on a pull request.

gh pr 1 --comment "Merged, thank you!" ```

5. Forward

Option	Usage	Type
--fwd	Required	String
-n, --number	Required	Number

Examples

• Forward a pull request to another reviewer.

gh pr 1 --fwd username ```

6. Open or close

Option	Usage	Type
-o, --open	Required	Boolean
-C, --close	Required	Boolean
-n, --number	Required	Number
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Open a pull request.

gh pr 1 --open ```

• Close a pull request.

gh pr 1 --close ```

• Open or close a pull request that you've sent to someone.

gh pr 1 --close --user eduardolundgren ```

7. Submit

Option	Usage	Type
-s, --submit	Required	String
-b, --branch	Optional	String
-D, --description	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-t, --title	Optional	String

Omitting --title will submit a pull request using the last commit message as title.

Examples

• Submit a pull request using the current branch.

gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --title 'Fix #32' --description 'Awesome fix' ```

• Submit a pull request using the current branch to dev branch.

gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --branch dev ```

Notifications

gh notifications

Alias: gh nt

1. Latest

Option	Usage	Type
-l, --latest	Required	Boolean
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Shortcut for displaying the latest activities on the current repository.

gh nt ```

• Display the latest activities on a certain repository.

gh nt --latest --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh ```

2. Watch

Option	Usage	Type
-w, --watch	Required	Boolean
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Watch for any activity on the current repository.

gh nt --watch ```

• Watch for any activity on a certain repository.

gh nt --watch --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh ```

Issues

gh issue

Alias: gh is

1. Create

Option	Usage	Type
-N, --new	Required	Boolean
-t, --title	Required	String
-A, --assignee	Optional	String
-L, --label	Optional	String
-m, --message	Optional	String
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Shortcut for creating a new issue on the current repository.

gh is 'Node GH rocks!' 'Body with Markdown support' ```

• Create a new issue on a certain repository.

gh is --new --title 'Node GH rocks!' --message 'Body with Markdown support' --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh ```

• Create a new issue with labels.

gh is --new --title 'Node GH rocks!' --label bug,question,test ```

• Create a new issue and assign it to someone.

gh is --new --title 'Node GH rocks!' --assignee zenorocha ```

2. Comment

Option	Usage	Type
-c, --comment	Required	String
-n, --number	Required	Number
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Comment on an issue of the current repository.

gh is 1 --comment 'Node GH rocks!' ```

• Comment on an issue of a certain repository.

gh is 1 --comment 'Node GH rocks!' --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh ```

3. Open or close

Option	Usage	Type
-o, --open	Required	Boolean
-C, --close	Required	Boolean
-n, --number	Required	Number
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Open an issue.

gh is 1 --open ```

• Close an issue.

gh pr 1 --close ```

• Open or close an issue that you've sent to someone.

gh pr 1 --close --user eduardolundgren ```

4. List

Option	Usage	Type
-l, --list	Required	Boolean
-a, --all	Optional	Boolean
-A, --assignee	Optional	String
-d, --detailed	Optional	Boolean
-L, --label	Optional	String
-M, --milestone	Optional	Number
--remote	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String
-S, --state	Optional	[open, closed]
-u, --user	Optional	String

Examples

• Shortcut for listing all issues on the current repository.

gh is ```

• List all issues from all repositories.

gh is --list --all ```

• List issues assigned to someone.

gh is --list --assignee zenorocha ```

• List issues with link and content.

gh is --list --detailed ```

• List only closed issues on the current repository.

gh is --list --state closed ```

• List issues filtered by milestone.

gh is --list --milestone 1 ```

• List issues that contains labels todo and bug.

gh is --list --label todo,bug ```

• List all issues on a certain repository.

gh is --list --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh ```

Repo

gh repo

Alias: gh re

1. Open

Option	Usage	Type
-o, --open	Required	Boolean
-u, --user	Optional	String
-r, --repo	Optional	String

Examples

• Shortcut for opening the GitHub repository page.

gh re ```

• Open GitHub repository page.

gh re --open --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh ```

2. List

Option	Usage	Type
-l, --list	Required	Boolean
-d, --detailed	Optional	Boolean
-u, --user	Optional	String
-t, --type	Optional	[all, owner, public, private, member]

Examples

• List all repositories.

gh re --list ```

• List all private repositories.

gh re --list --type private ```

• List all repositories for someone.

gh re --list --user zenorocha ```

3. Create

Option	Usage	Type
-n, --new	Required	String
-c, --clone	Optional	Boolean
-t, --type	Optional	[private]
--init	Optional	Boolean
--gitignore	Optional	String
--homepage	Optional	String
--description	Optional	String

Examples

• Create a new GitHub repository and clone on the current directory.

gh re --new foo --clone ```

• Create a new GitHub repository using .gitignore template for Ruby.

gh re --new gemified --gitignore Ruby ```

• Create a new private repository on GitHub, initializing it with a initial commit of the README.

gh re --new foo --init --type private ```

4. Delete

Option	Usage	Type
--delete	Required	String
--user	Required	String

Example

• Delete a repository named vanilla of the logged user

gh re --delete vanilla ```

User

gh user

Alias: gh us

1. Login/Logout

Option	Usage	Type
-l, --login	Required	Boolean
-L, --logout	Required	Boolean

Examples

• Login or show current logged in GitHub user.

gh user --login ```

• Logout current GitHub account.

gh user --logout ```

Alias

gh alias

Alias: gh al

1. List

Option	Usage	Type
-l, --list	Required	Boolean

Examples

• Shortcut for listing aliases.

gh alias ```

• List aliases.

gh alias --list ```

2. Add

Option	Usage	Type
-a, --add	Required	String
-u, --user	Required	String

Examples

• Create alias for username.

gh alias --add zeno --user zenorocha ```

3. Remove

Option	Usage	Type
-r, --remove	Required	String

Examples

• Remove alias.

gh alias --remove zeno ```

Team

Node GH is maintained by these guys and some awesome contributors.

Eduardo Lundgren	Zeno Rocha

Contributing

Contribute new commands to this project by copying and editing the content of Hello World example.

History

• v1.3.1 September 9, 2013
  • Fix log on gh repo --new
  • Add ability to delete a repository
• v1.3.0 September 8, 2013
  • Add new gh repo command
  • Authenticate with GitHub regardless the command is run from a git repo
  • Use last commit message as pull request title instead of branch name
  • Document gh alias --list
  • Add --assignee flag for issues
  • Fix list issues that are related to a milestone
• v1.2.2 August 14, 2013
  • Include --description attribute on PR submit
• v1.2.1 August 12, 2013
  • Parse remote url with score on username
  • Add tests using Mocha
• v1.2.0 June 7, 2013
  • Add ability to create alias for users
  • Add ability to list all issues/pull requests from a certain user
  • Use git remote values instead of logged user and current repo
  • Add ability to login with a different GitHub user with gh user
• v1.1.1 June 6, 2013
  • Bug fixes
• v1.1.0 June 5, 2013
  • Add --milestone filter flag on listing issues
• v1.0.0 June 4, 2013
  • Rename commands and add shortcut for them
  • Add default action for commands when no flags is passed
• v0.1.13 June 3, 2013
  • Fixed error using wrong branch name when submitting a pull request
• v0.1.12 June 3, 2013
  • Enable fetch PRs from private repos
• v0.1.11 June 2, 2013
  • Add --label, --state and --detailed flags on listing issues
  • Add ability to open/close an Issue
  • Fixed error when running command outside of a Git repo
  • Improve log for listing open and closed pull requests trough --state flag
• v0.1.10 May 30, 2013
  • Cross platform process.env.HOME
• v0.1.8 May 30, 2013
  • Open issue in browser
  • Open pull request url on the browser after sending it
• v0.1.7 May 30, 2013
  • Add ability to set number without --number flag
• v0.1.6 May 30, 2013
  • Add ability to specify a title on gh pr --submit
  • Add password mask on authentication
  • Bug fixes
• v0.1.5 May 29, 2013
  • Fix pull request integrity check
• v0.1.4 May 28, 2013
  • Add ability to create an Issue
  • Add ability to comment on an Issue
  • Rename pull request --comment to --message
  • Rename pull request --pull to --number
• v0.1.3 May 28, 2013
  • Remove mustache dependency
• v0.1.2 May 28, 2013
  • Removing wrong number on submit
• v0.1.1 May 27, 2013
  • Add Help task
  • Standardize logs
  • Bug fixes
• v0.1.0 May 26, 2013
  • Allow log handlebars template from string
  • Move apply replacements logic to logger
    • Use handlebars templates instead of strings
    • Refactoring template integration with logger
    • Rename pull request --comment to --message
    • Add Issues task
• v0.0.7 May 24, 2013
  • Add pull request forward command
  • Add Travis continous integration with JSHint
  • Create a new website under gh-pages branch
  • Update dependency version: git-wrapper@0.1.1
  • Add Hello World and Notification tasks
• v0.0.6 May 17, 2013
  • Add ability to merge or rebase pull request
  • Add base.getUser and git.merge helpers
• v0.0.5 May 16, 2013
  • Add login to be invoked by default in series
• v0.0.4 May 16, 2013
  • Create ~/.gh.json if needed
• v0.0.3 May 16, 2013
  • Merge user ~/.gh.json with default .gh.json
  • Add default .gh.json
  • Fix bin path
• v0.0.2 May 16, 2013
  • Add fetch, open/close, message
  • Use moment humanize utility
• v0.0.1 May 14, 2013
  • Initial commit

License

BSD License