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gh repo — Work with GitHub repositories. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo>.

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How to use the gh repo command: Work with GitHub repositories. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo>.

gh repo — Work with GitHub repositories. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo>.

Create a new repository interactively:

gh repo {{[new|create]}}

Clone a repository:

gh repo clone {{owner}}/{{repository}}

Fork and clone a repository:

gh repo fork {{owner}}/{{repository}} --clone

View a repository in the default web browser:

gh repo view {{repository}} {{[-w|--web]}}

List repositories owned by a specific user or organization (if the owner is not set, the default owner will be the currently logged in user):

gh repo {{[ls|list]}} {{owner}}

List only non-forks repositories and limit the number of repositories to list (default: 30):

gh repo {{[ls|list]}} {{owner}} --source {{[-L|--limit]}} {{limit}}

List repositories with a specific primary coding language:

gh repo {{[ls|list]}} {{owner}} {{[-l|--language]}} {{language_name}}

Create a new repository interactively

gh repo {{[new|create]}}

Clone a repository

gh repo clone {{owner}}/{{repository}}

Fork and clone a repository

gh repo fork {{owner}}/{{repository}} --clone

View a repository in the default web browser

gh repo view {{repository}} {{[-w|--web]}}

List repositories owned by a specific user or organization (if the owner is not set, the default owner will be the currently logged in user)

gh repo {{[ls|list]}} {{owner}}

tldr-pages: common/gh repo

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