Node GH
Boost your productivity & automate tasks when working with GitHub, all from the comfort of your CLI.
Table of contents
Contributors
Getting Started
Available Commands
Pull Requests `pr`
Issues `is`
Repos `re`
Gists `gi`
User `us`
Notifications `nt`
Milestones `ms`
Alias `al`
General
Install
npm install -g gh
Usage
- Most commands require you to use a developer key
- We automate the process for you the first time you run a command
- Instructions on manually adding a developer key for extra security
Simple example: list prs for current repo
gh pr
Contributors
Huge thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
Contributing
For detailed instructions, check Contributing. Don't miss the source code reports.
History
For detailed changelog, check Releases.
License
BSD-3-Clause
Demonstration
Supported Node Versions:
We support the node versions that the Node.js organization supports which as of now is Node v6 & up.
Authentication
Under the hood, we are using @octokit/rest to work with the GitHub API
The method of authentication that we use with octokit, is a personal access token
You have two options here: 1. Run gh
which will start the authentication process & generate the token for you automatically - Though they are hidden, the downside of this is having to type your user & pass - Supports 2fa 2. Manually generate your personal token & add it to your ~/.gh.json
Available commands
gh help
List all comands options.
gh help --all
List specific command options.
gh help <command>
Global flags
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
--verbose | Optional | Boolean |
--insane | Optional | Boolean |
--no-color | Optional | Boolean |
--no-hooks | Optional | Boolean |
The verbose flag is useful for debugging issues.
The insane flag is a more complete verbose flag, which leaks more privacy sensitive data by default.
Pull requests
gh pull-request
Alias: gh pr
PR: Info
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-u , --user | Required | String |
-I , --info | Required | Boolean |
-n , --number | Required | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Get information about a pull request.
gh pr --info 1
PR: List
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
-a , --all | Optional | Boolean |
-O , --org | Optional | String |
-m , --me | Optional | Boolean |
-d , --detailed | Optional | Boolean |
--direction | Optional | [asc , desc ] |
--date | Optional | String |
-b , --branch | Optional | String |
--remote | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
--sort | Optional | [created , updated , popularity , long-running , complexity ] |
-S , --state | Optional | [open , closed ] |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
--link | Optional | Boolean |
user
is owner of the repository, it is the authenticated user by default.remote
is the name of the remote configuration in a git directory, i.e. origin, upstream.- Therefore, it only makes sense when this command is run in a git directory.
- To turn off pretty printing of output in a table add
"pretty_print": false
to your ~/.gh-json
config - To adjust pagination rules
Examples
Shortcut for listing open pull requests for the current repository
gh pr
List open pull requests for all branches from all your repositories.
gh pr --list --all
List open pull requests for all branches in all repositories belonging to the "github" organization.
gh pr --list --all --org github
List open pull requests sent by logged user on current repository.
gh pr --list --me
List open pull requests in node-gh/gh repository.
gh pr --list --user node-gh --repo gh
List open pull requests with link and content.
gh pr --list --detailed
List open pull requests for a branch.
gh pr --list --branch master
List open pull requests and sort them by popularity (comment count).
gh pr --list --sort popularity
List open pull requests and sort them by asc long-running (old but still active).
gh pr --list --sort long-running --direction asc
List open pull requests and sort them by complexity (complexity is calculated based on number of additions, deletions, changed files, comments and review comments).
gh pr --list --sort complexity
List open pull requests with their link
gh pr --list --link
List open pull requests with a formatted date (Any string that the moment library's formatter accepts should work: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/).
gh pr --list --date "dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"
PR: Merge or Rebase
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-f , --fetch | Required | Boolean |
-M , --merge | Required | Boolean |
-R , --rebase | Required | Boolean |
-n , --number | Optional | Number |
-b , --branch | Optional | String |
--draft | Optional | Boolean |
--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. pr-1
results in --number 1
. Omitting --branch
will merge or rebase into config.default_branch
.
Examples
Shortcut for fetching pull request and checkout into a new branch pr-1
.
gh pr 1
Merge or rebase pull request into a local 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
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!"
Submit a pull request using your default editor by passing an empty --comment
gh pr 1 --comment
PR Forward
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
--fwd | Required | String |
-n , --number | Required | Number |
Omitting a value for --fwd
fallbacks to the default_pr_forwarder
key found
in your config file.
Examples
Forward a pull request to another reviewer.
gh pr 1 --fwd username
PR: 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
Close multiple pull requests.
gh pr --close --number 1 --number 2
Open multiple pull requests.
gh pr --open --number 1 --number 2
Open or close a pull request that you've sent to someone.
gh pr 1 --close --user eduardolundgren
PR: Submit
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-s , --submit | Required | String |
-b , --branch | Optional | String |
-D , --description | Optional | String |
-i , --issue | Optional | Number |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-t , --title | Optional | String |
Omitting a value for --submit
fallbacks to the default_pr_reviewer
key found
in your config file. Omitting --title
will submit a pull request
using the last commit message as title.
Examples
Submit a pull request using the current branch to the repository owner or organization.
gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --title 'Fix #32' --description 'Awesome fix'
Submit a pull request using your default editor by passing an empty --title
and or --description
gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --title --description
Submit a pull request using the current branch to dev branch.
gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --branch dev
Submit a pull request from a issue.
gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --issue 150
Submit a pull request in draft state.
gh pr --submit eduardolundgren --draft
PR: Open in Browser
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-B , --browser | Required | Boolean |
-n , --number | Required | Number |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
Examples
Open GitHub pull request page in the browser.
gh pr 100 --browser
Notifications
gh notification
Alias: gh nt
Notifications: Latest
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --latest | Required | Boolean |
--remote | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
--date | 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
Diplay notifications with a formatted date (Any string that the moment library's formatter accepts should work: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/).
gh nt --date "dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"
Notifications: 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
Issue: Create
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-N , --new | Required | Boolean |
-t , --title | Required | String |
-A , --assignee | Optional | String |
-L , --labels | 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 using your default editor by passing an empty --message
(also works with an empty title)
gh is --new --title 'Node GH rocks!' --message
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!' --labels bug,question,test
Create a new issue and assign it to someone.
gh is --new --title 'Node GH rocks!' --assignee zenorocha
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 using your default editor by passing an empty --comment
(also works with an empty title)
gh is 1 --comment
Comment on an issue of a certain repository.
gh is 1 --comment 'Node GH rocks!' --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh
Issue: 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 is 1 --close
Close multiple issues.
gh is --close --number 1 --number 2
Open multiple issues.
gh is --open --number 1 --number 2
Open or close an issue that you've sent to someone.
gh is 1 --close --user eduardolundgren
Issue: List
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
-a , --all | Optional | Boolean |
-A , --assignee | Optional | String |
--date | Optional | String |
-d , --detailed | Optional | Boolean |
-L , --labels | Optional | String |
-M , --milestone | Optional | [Number , String ] |
--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 with a formatted date (Any string that the moment library's formatter accepts should work: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/).
gh is --list --date "dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"
List issues filtered by milestone title.
gh is --list --milestone "milestone title"
List issues that contains labels todo
and bug
.
gh is --list --labels todo,bug
List all issues on a certain repository.
gh is --list --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh
Issue: Open in Browser
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-B , --browser | Required | Boolean |
-n , --number | Required | Number |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
Examples
Shortcut for opening GitHub issue page in the browser.
gh is 100
Open GitHub issue page in the browser.
gh is 100 --browser
Issue: Lock
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
--lock | Required | Boolean |
--lock-reason | Optional | [off-topic , too heated , resolved , spam ] |
-n , --number | Required | Number |
--remote | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
Lock issue on the current repository.
gh is 1 --lock
Lock issue on the current repository with a reason.
gh is 1 --lock --lock-reason resolved
Issue: Search
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-s , --search | Required | Boolean |
-a , --all | Optional | Boolean |
-d , --detailed | Optional | Boolean |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
Search issues in current repository
gh is --search 'term'
Search issues in all repositories for a user
gh is --all --user node-gh --search 'term'
Search issues in a repository for a user
gh is --user node-gh --repo gh --search 'term'
Search issues in a repository for a user with link and content
gh is --user node-gh --repo gh --search 'term'
Search issues with github filters
gh is --user node-gh --repo gh --search 'updated:<=2013-05-24'
Issue: Assign
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
--assign | Required | Boolean |
-A , --assignee | Required | String |
-n , --number | Required | Number |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
Assign an issue on the current repository to a user.
gh is --assign --assignee zenorocha --number 1
Assign an issue on a specific repository to a user.
gh is --assign --assignee zenorocha --number 1 --user eduardolundgren --repo gh
Repo
gh repo
Alias: gh re
Repo: Open in Browser
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-B , --browser | Required | Boolean |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
Examples
Shortcut for opening the GitHub repository page in the browser.
gh re
Open GitHub repository page in the browser.
gh re --browser --user eduardolundgren --repo node-gh
Repo: List
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
-d , --detailed | Optional | Boolean |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
-t , --type | Optional | [all , owner , public , private , member ] |
--date | Optional | String |
Examples
List all repositories.
gh re --list
List all private repositories.
gh re --list --type private
List all repositories from someone.
gh re --list --user zenorocha
List open repositories with a formatted date (Any string that the moment library's formatter accepts should work: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/).
gh re --list --detailed --date "dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"
Repo: Create
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-N , --new | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | 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 based on the name of the current directory & init with a README
gh re --new --clone --init
Create a new GitHub repository for an organization.
gh re --new foo --organization node-gh
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
Repo: Fork
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-f , --fork | Required | String |
-u , --user | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
Examples
Fork a GitHub repository.
gh re --fork repo --user user
Fork a GitHub repository into the node-gh organization.
gh re --fork repo --user user --organization node-gh
Repo: Delete
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-D , --delete | Required | String |
-u , --user | Required | String |
Example
Delete a repository of the logged user.
gh re --delete foo
Repo: Clone
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-c , --clone | Required | String |
-r , --repo | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
-P , --protocol | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
If you have custom ssh config, you can add "api": { "ssh_host": "custom-name", ... }
to your .gh.json file.
Examples
Clone a repository.
gh re --clone --repo gh
Clone a repository from a specific user using HTTPS protocol.
gh re --clone --user eduardolundgren --repo gh --protocol https
Repo: Create Label
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-C , --color | Required | String |
-L , --label | Required | Boolean |
-N , --new | Required | String |
-r , --repo | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
Create a label for a repository (color is a hex code with or without literal hex symbol).
gh re --label --new bug --color '#7057ff' --repo gh
Create a label for a user's repository.
gh re --label --new bug --color '#7057ff' --user eduardolundgren --repo gh
Repo: Delete Label
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-L , --label | Required | Boolean |
-D , --delete | Required | String |
-r , --repo | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
Delete a label from a repository.
gh re --label --delete bug --repo gh
Delete a label from a user's repository.
gh re --label --delete bug --user eduardolundgren --repo gh
Repo: List Labels
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-L , --label | Required | Boolean |
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
-r , --repo | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
List labels for a repository.
gh re --label --list --repo gh
List labels for a user's repository.
gh re --label --list --user eduardolundgren --repo gh
Repo: Update Label
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-C , --color | Required | String |
-L , --label | Required | Boolean |
-r , --repo | Required | String |
-U , --update | Required | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
Examples
Update a label for a repository (color is a hex code with or without literal hex symbol).
gh re --label --update bug --color color --repo gh
Update a label for a user's repository.
gh re --label --update bug --color color --user eduardolundgren --repo gh
Repo: Search
Find repositories via various criteria. Repository search looks through the projects you have access to on GitHub.
You can filter the results using GitHub's search qualifiers.
Examples:
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-s , --search | Required | Boolean |
-d , --detailed | Optional | Boolean |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-O , --organization | Optional | String |
-t , --type | Optional | [all , owner , public , private , member ] |
Examples
Search private repositories you have access to with the term "secret".
gh re --search secret --type private
OR
gh re --search secret is:private
Matches repositories from GitHub org showing detailed results.
gh re --detailed -o github --search octocat
OR
gh re --detailed --search octocat org:github
Gists
gh gists
Alias: gh gi
Gist: Open in Browser
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-B , --browser | Required | Boolean |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
-i , --id | Optional | String |
Examples
Shortcut for opening your Gists in the browser.
gh gi
Open a Gist in the browser.
gh gi --browser --id 5991877
Gist: List
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
-u , --user | Optional | String |
--date | Optional | String |
Examples
List all gists.
gh gi --list
List all gists from someone.
gh gi --list --user brunocoelho
List gists with a formatted date (Any string that the moment library's formatter accepts should work: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/).
gh gi --list --date "dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"
Gist: Create
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-N , --new | Required | String |
-c , --content | Optional | String |
-d , --description | Optional | String |
-p , --private | Optional | Boolean |
Examples
Create a Gist hello
containing "Hello World".
gh gi --new hello --content "Hello World!"
Create a private Gist hello
containing "Hello World".
gh gi --new hello --content "Hello World!" --private
Gist: Fork
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-f , --fork | Required | String |
Examples
Fork a Gist.
gh gi --fork 5444883
Gist: Delete
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-D , --delete | Required | String |
Example
Delete a Gist.
gh gi --delete 4252323
Delete multiple Gists.
gh gi --delete 4252321 --delete 4252322
User
gh user
Alias: gh us
User: Login or Logout
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --login | Required | Boolean |
-L , --logout | Required | Boolean |
Examples
Automates saving user name & generating developer token credentials to your ~/.gh.json config
- This is the the user that will be used if you do not manually pass in
--user username
- After you are logged in, you should no longer be prompted to go through the login process again
- Alternatively you can create your own developer key and copy and paste it
- First add a file in your home directory called
~/.gh.json
- You can use the
default.gh.json
file in our repo as a template - Create a developer key: with these scopes:
['user', 'public_repo', 'repo', 'repo:status', 'delete_repo', 'gist']
- Then copy & paste your token in the file at:
"github_token"
- Write your user name at
"github_user"
gh user --login
Automates removing user name & developer token credentials to your ~/.gh.json config
gh user --logout
User: Whoami
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-w , --whoami | Required | Boolean |
Examples
Prints the user name from ~/.gh.json to your console.
gh user --whoami
Milestones
gh milestone
Alias: gh ms
Milestone: List
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
-u , --user | Required | String |
-a , --all | Required | Boolean |
-r , --repo | Optional | String |
-o , --organization | Optional | String |
Examples
Shortcut for listing milestones for a specific repo.
gh ms
Listing milestones for a specific repo & user.
gh ms --list --user node-gh --repo gh
Listing all milestones for a specific organization.
gh ms --list --all --organization node-gh
Alias
This cmd provides something similar to shell aliases. If there are aliases in your .gh.json file, we will attempt to resolve the user, PR forwarder or PR submitter to your alias.
gh alias
Alias: gh al
Alias: List
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-l , --list | Required | Boolean |
Examples
Shortcut for listing aliases.
gh alias
List aliases.
gh alias --list
Alias: Add
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-a , --add | Required | String |
-u , --user | Required | String |
Examples
Create alias for username.
gh alias --add zeno --user zenorocha
And use like:
gh pr --submit zeno -b master -t Title
Alias: Remove
Option | Usage | Type |
---|
-r , --remove | Required | String |
Examples
Remove alias.
gh alias --remove zeno
Config
There are some pretty useful configurations that you can set on .gh.json.
This file can be found under home directory (on MacOSx: /Users/yourName/.gh.json
on Windows: C:\\Users\yourName\.gh.json
).
You can also set per-project configurations by adding a .gh.json
file in your project's root folder and overriding existing keys.
GitHub API configurations.
Change it if you're a GitHub Enterprise user.
"api": {
"host": "github.mydomain.com",
"protocol": "https"
}
- For list based commands (like listing prs, issues, or repos) we default to 30
- That means if you ran
gh pr
you would see a max of 30 pull requests - If you would like to see more, we will prompt you in your terminal to see the next batch
- You can set your page size up from
1
to 100
"page_size": 77
- If you want to remove the limit & set it to the maximum, use an empty string
"page_size": ""
Set default branch and remote.
"default_branch": "master",
"default_remote": "origin"
Set default users
For submitting or forwarding pull requests.
"default_pr_forwarder": "",
"default_pr_reviewer": ""
Update GitHub credentials manually
"github_token": "your_dev_token",
"github_user": "username"
Run automated tasks before or after a certain command.
"hooks": {
"pull-request": {
"merge": {
"before": [{"cmd": "ls -la", "log": true}],
"after": [
"gh pr {{options.number}} --comment 'Thank you, pull request merged :D'"
]
}
}
}
Run automated tasks passing arguments to the commands.
Required for prompt commands.
"hooks": {
"pull-request": {
"merge": {
"before": [{"cmd": "foo", "args": ["bar", "qux"]}]
}
}
}
Set default branch name prefix for PR fetching.
"pull_branch_name_prefix": "pr-"
Set default editor to use when creating a new message
- For certain tasks like opening a pull request when you omit the title or description, we will open a new file for you to create the message in.
- We first check enviroment variables for the default editor:
$EDITOR
or $VISUAL
and fallback to the default git editor git config --global core.editor
- To disable this functionality of opening your editor add
"use_editor": false
to ~/.gh.json
"signature": "<br><br>:octocat: *Sent from [GH](http://nodegh.io).*"
Turn off ssh when pulling a repo and use https instead.
"ssh": false,
If you need to use a custom git command, set the environment variable GH_GIT_COMMAND
.
Plugins
GH Gif - A plugin for commenting on pull requests/issues using GIF reactions.
GH Travis - A plugin for integrating Travis, a continous integration server.
GH Jira - A plugin for integrating Jira, an issue management system.
Feel free to create your own plugins by forking GH Boilerplate.