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gh variable — Manage GitHub Actions and Dependabot variables. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the gh variable command: Manage GitHub Actions and Dependabot variables. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_variable>.

Solution

gh variable — Manage GitHub Actions and Dependabot variables. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_variable>.

List variables for the current repository:

gh variable {{[ls|list]}}

List variables for a specific organization:

gh variable {{[ls|list]}} {{[-o|--org]}} {{organization}}

Get a variable for the current repository:

gh variable get {{name}}

Set a variable for the current repository (user will be prompted for the value):

gh variable set {{name}}

Set a variable for a deployment environment in the current repository:

gh variable set {{name}} {{[-e|--env]}} {{environment_name}}

Set an organization variable visible to all repositories:

gh variable set {{name}} {{[-o|--org]}} {{organization}} {{[-v|--visibility]}} all

Set multiple variables from a dotenv file:

gh variable set {{[-f|--env-file]}} {{path/to/file.env}}

Delete a variable for the current repository:

gh variable delete {{name}}

Code Snippets

List variables for the current repository

gh variable {{[ls|list]}}

List variables for a specific organization

gh variable {{[ls|list]}} {{[-o|--org]}} {{organization}}

Get a variable for the current repository

gh variable get {{name}}

Set a variable for the current repository (user will be prompted for the value)

gh variable set {{name}}

Set a variable for a deployment environment in the current repository

gh variable set {{name}} {{[-e|--env]}} {{environment_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gh variable

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