GitHub CLI Cheat Sheet

gh --version

# Display installed GitHub CLI version and build info.

gh help

# Show top-level help and available command groups.

gh help pr create

# Open detailed help for a specific subcommand.

gh auth login

# Authenticate with GitHub using the default browser-based flow.

gh auth login --hostname github.example.com

# Authenticate against a GitHub Enterprise Server host.

gh auth status

# Show which hosts are authenticated and how credentials are stored.

gh auth refresh -s repo,read:org,workflow

# Refresh token scopes for an authenticated host.

gh auth logout --hostname github.com

# Remove stored authentication for a host.

gh config set editor "code --wait"

# Set the editor used by gh when editing text.

gh config get editor

# Show the current editor configured for gh.

gh config list

# Display CLI configuration values.

gh status

# Show account, issue, PR, and assignment activity summary.

gh browse

# Open the current repository in the browser.

gh browse --branch feature/my-branch

# Open a repo page scoped to a specific branch.

gh repo view --web

# Open the selected repository in the web UI.

gh pr list --json number,title,author,state

# Return pull request data as JSON fields.

gh pr list --json number,title --jq ".[] | {number, title}"

# Post-process JSON output using the built-in jq expression support.

gh pr view 123 --json number,title,mergeStateStatus --template "{{.number}} {{.title}} {{.mergeStateStatus}}"

# Format JSON output using a Go template.

gh issue list --json number,title,labels,assignees

# Return issue fields as JSON for scripting.

gh run list --json databaseId,workflowName,status,conclusion

# Inspect Actions runs in script-friendly JSON.

gh api repos/{owner}/{repo} --jq "{default_branch,visibility,open_issues_count}"

# Call the API directly and project specific values.

gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls --paginate

# Fetch all pages from a paginated REST endpoint.

gh search repos "topic:terraform stars:>5000" --json name,owner,url,stargazersCount

# Search GitHub repositories and output structured JSON.

gh search repos "language:go stars:>1000 topic:kubernetes"

# Search repositories with qualifiers.

gh search code "TODO owner:cli path:/docs extension:md"

# Search code across repositories.

gh search issues "is:open is:pr review-requested:@me"

# Search across issues and pull requests.

gh search commits "fix login author:octocat"

# Search commits on GitHub.

gh search users "location:California followers:>100"

# Search GitHub users.

gh repo list cli --limit 50

# List repositories for a user or organization.

gh repo list my-org --language TypeScript --limit 100

# Filter listed repos by language.

gh label list

# Show labels in the current repository.

gh ruleset list

# List branch and repository rulesets.