GitHub CLI manual
GitHub CLI, or
gh
, is a command-line interface to GitHub for use in your terminal or your scripts.
Installation
You can find installation instructions on our
README
.
Configuration
GitHub Enterprise
GitHub CLI supports GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20 and above. To authenticate with a GitHub instance, run:
gh auth login --hostname <hostname>
To define this host as a default for all GitHub CLI commands, set the GH_HOST environment variable:
export GH_HOST=<hostname>
Finally, to authenticate commands in scripting mode or automation, set the GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN:
export GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN=<access-token>
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