GitHub CLI quickstart

Informationen zum GitHub CLI

GitHub CLI is an open source tool for using GitHub Enterprise Server from your computer's command line. When you're working from the command line, you can use the GitHub CLI to save time and avoid switching context.

Erste Schritte

1. Install GitHub CLI on macOS, Windows, or Linux.

2. In the command line, authenticate to GitHub.

   gh auth login

   To authenticate to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance, use the --hostname flag.

   gh auth login --hostname hostname

3. Start working with GitHub in the command line. For example, find an issue to work on with gh issue status or gh issue list --assignee @me. Create a pull request with gh pr create. Review a pull request with gh pr checkout, gh pr diff and gh pr review.

Nächste Schritte:

• Tell GitHub CLI which text editor to use for commands that open a text editor. For example, enter gh config set editor "code -w" to set your preferred text editor to Visual Studio Code. For more information, see gh config set.

• Define aliases for commands that you commonly run. For example, if you run gh alias set prd "pr create --draft", you will then be able to run gh prd to quickly open a draft pull request. For more information, see gh alias.

• Create or add custom commands with GitHub CLI extensions. For more information, see "Using GitHub CLI extensions" and "Creating GitHub CLI extensions."

• For more information about all of the commands that you can run with GitHub CLI, see "GitHub CLI reference."