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Problem

How to use the gh command: Work seamlessly with GitHub. Some subcommands such as config have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh>.

Solution

gh — Work seamlessly with GitHub. Some subcommands such as config have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh>.

Clone a GitHub repository locally:

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

Create a new issue:

gh issue {{[new|create]}}

View and filter the open issues of the current repository:

gh issue {{[ls|list]}}

View an issue in the default web browser:

gh issue view {{[-w|--web]}} {{issue_number|url}}

Create a pull request:

gh pr {{[new|create]}}

View a pull request in the default web browser:

gh pr view {{[-w|--web]}} {{pr_number|url|branch}}

Check out a specific pull request locally:

gh {{[co|pr checkout]}} {{pr_number|url|branch}}

Check the status of a repository's pull requests:

gh pr status

Code Snippets

Clone a GitHub repository locally

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

Create a new issue

gh issue {{[new|create]}}

View and filter the open issues of the current repository

gh issue {{[ls|list]}}

View an issue in the default web browser

gh issue view {{[-w|--web]}} {{issue_number|url}}

Create a pull request

gh pr {{[new|create]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gh

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