gh variable set 

gh variable set <variable-name> [flags]

Set a value for a variable on one of the following levels:

  • repository (default): available to GitHub Actions runs or Dependabot in a repository
  • environment: available to GitHub Actions runs for a deployment environment in a repository
  • organization: available to GitHub Actions runs or Dependabot within an organization

Organization variable can optionally be restricted to only be available to specific repositories.

Options

-b , --body <string>
The value for the variable (reads from standard input if not specified)
-e , --env <environment>
Set deployment environment variable
-f , --env-file <file>
Load variable names and values from a dotenv-formatted file
-o , --org <organization>
Set organization variable
-r , --repos <repositories>
List of repositories that can access an organization variable
-v , --visibility <string> (default "private")
Set visibility for an organization variable: {all|private|selected}

Options inherited from parent commands

-R , --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>
Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

Examples 

# Add variable value for the current repository in an interactive prompt

$ 
gh variable 
set 
MYVARIABLE

# Read variable value from an environment variable

$ 
gh variable 
set 
MYVARIABLE 
--body
 "
$ENV_VALUE
"


# Read variable value from a file

$ 
gh variable 
set 
MYVARIABLE < myfile.txt

# Set variable for a deployment environment in the current repository

$ 
gh variable 
set 
MYVARIABLE 
--env
 myenvironment

# Set organization-level variable visible to both public and private repositories

$ 
gh variable 
set 
MYVARIABLE 
--org
 myOrg 
--visibility
 all

# Set organization-level variable visible to specific repositories

$ 
gh variable 
set 
MYVARIABLE 
--org
 myOrg 
--repos
 repo1,repo2,repo3

# Set multiple variables imported from the ".env" file

$ 
gh variable 
set
 -f
 .env

See also